Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

Quote by C Northcote Parkinson

Topics: Denial Quotes

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

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

Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.

Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.

The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item...

The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item...

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

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

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

Where life is colorful and varied, religion can be austere or unimportant. Where life is...

Where life is colorful and varied, religion can be austere or unimportant. Where life is...

Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the...

Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the...

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure...

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure...

It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.

It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard...

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard...

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

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

Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess...

Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess...

The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing...

The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing...

In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they...

In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they...

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

The primary symptom of a controller is denial, that is I can't see its symptoms...

The primary symptom of a controller is denial, that is I can't see its symptoms...

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent...

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent...

She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite...

She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite...