Deliberative bodies become decreasingly effective after they pass five to eight members.

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

Expenditure rises to meet income.

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

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 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.

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."