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.

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

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take. He becomes fussy about filing, keen on seeing that pencils are sharpened, eager to ensure that the windows are open (or shut) and apt to use two or three different-colored inks.

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.

When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller body.

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

The void created by the failure to communicate is soon filled with poison, drivel and misrepresentation.