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Cyril Northcote Parkinson

was a British naval historian and author of some sixty books, the most famous of which was his bestseller Parkinson's Law, which led him to be also considered as an important scholar within the field
The smaller the function, the greater the management.More Cyril Northcote Parkinson quotes [07/11/2011 09:07:44]
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase It is the busiest man who has time to spare.More Cyril Northcote Parkinson quotes [01/01/2000 12:01:00]
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.More Cyril Northcote Parkinson quotes [01/01/2000 12:01:00]
Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.More Cyril Northcote Parkinson quotes [07/11/2011 09:07:38]
Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.More Cyril Northcote Parkinson quotes [07/11/2011 09:07:55]

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