Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. C. Northcote Parkinson Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. C. Northcote Parkinson Read Quote
