Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

Quote by C Northcote Parkinson

Topics: Denial Quotes

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

Expenditures rise to meet income.

Expenditures rise to meet income.

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...

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

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 government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent...

The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent...

In our egalitarian democracy we have just about empowered a branch of the government, the...

In our egalitarian democracy we have just about empowered a branch of the government, the...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...

This American government what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to...