“The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.C. Northcote Parkinson
“Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.C. Northcote Parkinson
“A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.C. Northcote Parkinson