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

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

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.

The matters most debated in a deliberative body tend to be the minor ones where everybody understands the issues.

Perfection of planning is a symptom of decay. During a period of exciting discovery or progress, there is no time to plan the perfect headquarters.

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

Expenditures rise to meet income.