C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.

C. Northcote Parkinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

OpportunityManDecisionsImportant

Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.

John Lennon

LawProblemPossessionNine-Tenths

To me, you make a tradeoff. It might be a little bit more expensive. But you're getting a better tasting, higher quality food that's going to be better for your health and better for the environment.

John Mackey

HealthFoodQualityMeBetterYou

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

Robert Louis Stevenson

FriendshipMarriagePoliceRecognized

I really love my hair. I really embrace it, and I'm so glad that I made the decision to wear it natural.

Amandla Stenberg

LoveDecisionHairEmbraceWear

I tried out for another show while I was in college so I could pay off my student loans, and it sort of led to The Real World. The same people that were casting that show were casting The Real World, so they asked me to do it.

Trishelle Cannatella

PeopleCollegeMeWorldStudentPay

My father, Buddy Robinson, was superchic - a dandy. He always wore dinner jackets at night and espadrilles in the summer, but with his own flair. He was even well dressed when riding a tractor or listening to a ball game on the radio.

Tory Burch

FatherDinnerListeningNightGame

The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life.

Tony Scott

LifeLiveYouEdgeDangerousScary

See, at a certain point it becomes cool to be boy crazy. That happens in sixth grade, and it gives you so much social status, particularly in an all-girls school, if you can go up and talk to boys.

Rosalind Wiseman

SchoolCoolCrazyYouGoTalk

I wake up every morning trying to be a new, better person and version of myself. I never try and be the same thing. So that's what's going to be hard for girls to keep up with me, because I'm always ever-evolving my style.

Rose Namajunas

MorningStyleMyselfMeWake UpNew

I often say that shareholders should feel very responsible for how responsive corporations are to the public trust.

Ruth J. Simmons

TrustFeelSayResponsibleHow

I don't really look like I do in any of my films.

Michelle Monaghan

LookLikeAnyReallyFilms

It's nice to know there's a big world with many perspectives. I tend to get so stuck in my own small world easily, and going out into the world reminds me that I'm not the center of the world - in a good way.

Mitski

GoodMeWorldSmallKnowNice

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