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.

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

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

In the foundation and development of a successful enterprise there must be a single-minded pursuit of financial profit.

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

It is the busiest man who has time to spare.