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C. Northcote Parkinson Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Jul 30, 1909
  • Died: Mar 9, 1993

Cyril Northcote Parkinson was a British naval historian and author of some 60 books, the most famous of which was his best-seller Parkinson's Law, which led him to be also considered as an important scholar in public administration and management.

The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

society

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

work

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

politics

In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.

politics