C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes

C. Northcote Parkinson
C. Northcote Parkinson
British Historian
Born: Jul 30, 1909
Died: Mar 9, 1993
Any Inverse People Politics Time Will
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Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich. C. Northcote Parkinson
Government People Will Rich Machinery Make Sovereign Poor Use
Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married. C. Northcote Parkinson
Politics Result Men Local Solely Enter Married Being
It is better to be a has-been than a never-was. C. Northcote Parkinson
Better Has-Been Than
The smaller the function, the greater the management. C. Northcote Parkinson
Management Smaller Greater Function
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. C. Northcote Parkinson
Work Time Completion Available Fill
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
Time Law Will Sum Stated Spent Triviality Inverse Proportion Involved Item Any Agenda Means
The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom. C. Northcote Parkinson
Sense Society Boredom Chief Automated Product Deepening Widespread
The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take. C. Northcote Parkinson
Man Opportunity Important Take Allowed He Taking Importance Denied Begins Regard Decisions Who
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
Life Man Lost Paperwork Brought Having He Devoted Himself Dealing His Anything Notice Initiative Whose Things

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