C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes

Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.

C. Northcote Parkinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MenPoliticsResultBeingLocal

The best shows I play, I almost don't even remember off the stage.

Jenny Lewis

BestRememberPlayStageOffAlmost

Influential people have a profound impact on everyone they encounter. Yet, they achieve this only because they exert so much influence inside, on themselves.

Travis Bradberry

PeopleInfluenceImpactAchieveOnly

I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.

Josephine Baker

AmericaDevilLittleOtherToo

I don't want to fight until I'm 40. I don't even know if I'll get to 35.

Jose Aldo

FightKnowWantGetEvenUntil

Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.

Donald Byrd

MyselfPersonalDistractionsSeattle

By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but I knew how to try to become one.

Clifton Fadiman

ManSchoolHigh SchoolEndBecome

For most people, the major hurdle in grasping modern insights into the nature of the universe is that these developments are usually phrased using mathematics.

Brian Greene

NatureMathematicsPeopleUniverse

Everyone wants to go to the party and the red carpet, but my life is 90% the work.

Bret Michaels

LifeWorkRedMy LifePartyGo

It would be a most despicable thing to suggest I would exploit the poor for my own personal gain.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

PersonalPoorMy OwnOwnGainWould

You might have two years probation and do good for a whole year, and you make one mistake, and you got to start over.

PnB Rock

GoodMistakeStartYearYouOver

I can't wait to see The Grinch. It's so out of the world. Every time a movie like that comes out, I'm stoked. It's like real life.

Tina Yothers

LifeTimeWaitWorldRealSee

I don't know nothing about communism. But I know the Albanians loved me. Same reason as anyone else loves me. Because I made them laugh.

Norman Wisdom

MeCommunismLovedLaughKnowSame

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