Cyril Northcote Parkinson. Cyril Northcote Parkinson (July 30, 1909 – March 9, 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. The best quotations and sayings about business with comments.
The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
The smaller the function, the greater the management.
The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate the weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow.