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

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

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

Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

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.

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

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