Delay is the deadliest form of denial. C. Northcote Parkinson deadlydelaydenial Change image and share on social
Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. C. Northcote Parkinson agenduminverseinvolve Change image and share on social
The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself. C. Northcote Parkinson bringceasedeal Change image and share on social
The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. C. Northcote Parkinson agendumbrieflyinverse Change image and share on social
Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married. C. Northcote Parkinson enterlocalman Change image and share on social
Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich. C. Northcote Parkinson dispossessgovernmentmachinery Change image and share on social
A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn. C. Northcote Parkinson bloomcommitteeflower share on social
