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