Where life is colorful and varied, religion can be austere or unimportant. Where life is appallingly monotonous, religion must be emotional, dramatic and intense. Without the curry, boiled rice can be very dull.

Quote by C Northcote Parkinson

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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...

Expenditures rise to meet income.

Expenditures rise to meet income.

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

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

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

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...

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in...

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in...

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich