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C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes

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

Biography

Author Profession: Historian
Nationality: British
Born: June 30, 1909
Died: March 9, 1993

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Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
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The smaller the function, the greater the management.
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Delay is the deadliest form of denial.
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Expenditures rise to meet income.
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It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.
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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.
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Allowed, Begins, Decisions, Denied, Importance, Important, Man, Opportunity, Regard, Take, Taking

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Allowed, Denied, Importance, Important, Man, Opportunity, Regard, Take, Taking