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

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

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 basic quality for the diplomat is not intelligence but loyalty.

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

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

The mind reels at the multiplication of books intended to justify the author's promotion from assistant to associate professor.