C. Northcote Parkinson

Blessing Progress Boredom
" 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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Roots , Flower
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" Expenditures rise to meet income. "
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Survival , Income
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" Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich. "
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People , Government , Use
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" Expansion means complexity and complexity decay. "
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Focus , Mean
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" The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom. "
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Blessing , Progress , Boredom
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C. Northcote Parkinson
born: died: genre: occupation:
30-Jul-1909 09-Mar-1993 History, Satire, Management Theory Historian, Author, Naval Officer
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