Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.

In the foundation and development of a successful enterprise there must be a single-minded pursuit of financial profit.

A committee grows organically, flourishes and blossoms, sunlit on top and shady beneath, until it dies, scattering the seeds from which other committees will spring.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

Parkinson's Law is a purely scientific discovery, inapplicable except in theory to the politics of the day. 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.

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.

Parkinson's First Law: Work expands to fill the time available.