C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes

When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller body.

C. Northcote Parkinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PowerBodyWillBeyondRealSome

My question about everything I do is, does it make our country stronger?

Joe Donnelly

StrongerCountryQuestionEverything

When I was young, many people worked for a company with a pension plan that covered them for as long as they lived. If they didn't have a pension plan, they could count on Social Security and Medicare.

Robert Kiyosaki

PeoplePlanLongSecurityYoung

'Mom' is an emotional family drama that's also thrilling. It's the story about a mother and a daughter, their emotions, and how their lives change. Being a mother myself helped me understand those emotions better.

Sridevi

FamilyChangeMotherDaughterMyself

What happens is I speak to people outside of my circle of friends and they have already formed an opinion of me based on the things that people have written. That is the effect of journalism on my life, and sometimes it isn't very pleasant.

Robbie Williams

LifePeopleMeOpinionSpeakCircle

I watch my wife knitting, and it's like watching close-up magic to me.

Michael McKean

WifeMeMagicWatchingClose-Up

If you live in the mountains, you long for the trees and the lakes.

Mitt Romney

LiveMountainsTreesLongYouLakes

My first gig ever was writing looplines for a movie that had already been made. You know, writing lines over somebody's back to explain something, to help make a connection, to add a joke, or to just add babble because the people are in frame and should be saying something.

Joss Whedon

PeopleWritingSayingHelpYouBack

Nat was my hero right from the very beginning. My dad brought his music into the house and played it over and over again.

Johnny Mathis

MusicHeroBeginningHouseRight

You know, I do have a little Pollyanna in me.

Donna McKechnie

MeYouKnowLittlePollyanna

Nothing is worse than a beautiful girl fishing for compliments by saying how gross she is. On the flip side, I find genuine humility and modesty attractive.

Chris Evans

GirlBeautifulFishingHumilityFind

So from an angry lawman's mouth, the Outlaw Motorcyclists were born.

Chuck Zito

AngryMouthBornOutlawWere

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Booker T. Washington

GoodAloneQualityYourselfPeople

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