Cyril Northcote Parkinson Quotes (11+)

Enjoy the best Cyril Northcote Parkinson Quotes. Quotations by Cyril Northcote Parkinson (Historian, Author)
Jan 01, 1970 - Jan 01, 1970

The best place to hide anything is in the open.

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

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

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

It is the busiest man who has time to spare.

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

Expenditure rises to meet income.

A luxury, once enjoyed, becomes a necessity.

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.

“Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.”

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About the Author

Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993) was a British naval historian and author of some 60 books, the most famous of which was his bestseller Parkinson's Law.