8 Quotes & Sayings By C Northcote Parkinson

Sir Charles Northcote Parkinson (1817-1888) was a British neurologist and psychiatrist who is best known for his "Parkinson's Law," the observation that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. He also co-authored A System of Logic in 1847, which laid the groundwork for the work of Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell.

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Delay is the deadliest form of denial. C. Northcote Parkinson
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Expenditure rises to meet income. C. Northcote Parkinson
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Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. C. Northcote Parkinson
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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
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Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married. C. Northcote Parkinson
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want. C. Northcote Parkinson
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The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom. C. Northcote Parkinson