Administrators make work for each other so that they can multiply the number of their subordinates and enhance their prestige.

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

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.

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.

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

The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

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