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C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

C. Northcote Parkinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: british
Birth: July 30, 1909 - March 9, 1993

Topics

Denial Delay Form Deadliest

The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world view of the West between the Enlightenment and the First World War.

History Progress War World View

I'm writing a poem right now about a nose. I've always wanted to write a poem about a nose. But it's a ludicrous subject. That's why, when I was younger, I was afraid of something that didn't make a lot of sense. But now I'm not. I have nothing to worry about. It doesn't matter.

Writing Worry Nothing Why Matter

At the time me and X met, we weren't homeless, but we were basically homeless.

Ski Mask the Slump God

Time Me Homeless Met Were Basically

I'm like the Christina Aguilera of the Internet.

Internet Like Aguilera

Reconstruction is the great black hole that remains to be filled. Even experts on the Civil War don't really understand its full significance.

Great War Black Understand Civil War

The federal government is way larger than it should be.

Government Way Federal Government

I am excited to be part of the dynamic Guggenheim family of companies.

Family I Am Excited Dynamic Part Am

I think if I had to choose another profession, I'd like to be a judge because I'm very capable of determining what's right and what's not.

Think Judge Choose Right Capable

When I started the 'Hellboy' series way back when, I wasn't really thinking consciously about the humor, but Hellboy does have my personality, and that's an important part of my personality.

Humor Personality Thinking Back Way

No consensus of men can make an error erroneous. We can only find or commit an error, not create it. When we commit an error, we say what was an error already.

Men Find Create Say Consensus Error

I just want to live a long healthy life, and I don't want to have any neurological diseases or die younger than I would otherwise.

Life Live Die Long Healthy Want

You've probably heard the stories about how io9 got its name. And maybe you know that io9 co-founder Charlie Jane Anders and I were inspired by Kathy Keeton, whose groundbreaking magazine 'Omni' combined coverage of real science with science fiction. But what you probably don't know is how unlikely it was that io9 ever succeeded at all.

Science Name You Know Real Fiction

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