Arbejde udvider sig sådan, at det udfylder al den tid, der er til rådighed for dets gennemførelse.
Den tid det tager at træffe en beslutning, er omvendt proportional med dens værdi eller vigtighed.
Det er ikke botanikerens sag at luge ukrudt. For ham er det nok, hvis han kan sige nøjagtigt, hvor stærkt det gror.
Inkompentente ledere omgiver sig med inkompetente ansatte
Delay is the deadliest form of denial.
Expenditure rises to meet income.
Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.
The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.
The smaller the function, the greater the management.
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.
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.