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~ C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes ~
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C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes


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 of public administration.
Cyril Northcote Parkinson (30 July 1909 – 9 March 1993) 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 of public administration.

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Expenditure rises to meet income.

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« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2014, 08:59:41 AM »
Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

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« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2014, 09:00:13 AM »
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

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« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2014, 09:00:46 AM »
It might be termed the Law of Triviality. Briefly stated it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in adverse proportion to the sum involved.