The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

The basic quality for the diplomat is not intelligence but loyalty.

Imagination is essential and it comes first, for without imagination we are aimless.

The onset of one religion can be resisted only by another.

The nice thing about standards is, there are so many to choose from. Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.

If there is a way to delay an important decision, the good bureaucracy, public or private, will find it.

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase "It is the busiest man who has time to spare."