Cyril Northcote Parkinson

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Quotes

• “It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate the weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow.”
• “Expenditure rises to meet income.”
• “Delay is the deadliest form of denial.”
• “The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.”
• “A perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.”
• “The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.”

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Key facts

Born

Cyril Northcote Parkinson , ( 1909-07-30 ) July 30, 1909, Barnard Castle , County Durham, England

Died

9 March 1993 (1993-03-09) (aged 83), Canterbury , Kent, England

Resting place

Canterbury

Occupation

Naval historian

Education

University of Cambridge , King's College London

Subject

Naval history

Notable works

Parkinson's Law (1957)

Notable awards

Julian Corbett Prize in Naval History

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Image

Cyril Northcote Parkinson 1961.jpg

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