C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes
Parkinson's Fourth Law: The number of people in any working group tends to increase regardless of the amount of work to be done.C. Northcote Parkinson
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I've always been in love with music, but I've never thought to sing.
Tamala Jones -
My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
Patrice Motsepe -
Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.
Abdus Salam -
I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
Vance McAllister -
I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
Dambisa Moyo -
If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
Randy Pausch
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
Vince Cable -
You get steely nerves playing poker.
Nate Silver -
I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
Mal Peet -
Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.
Garik Israelian -
If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
S. E. Hinton
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Life is precious, and when someone dies it's an opportunity to realise how precious it is. My brother drowned when I was 17. He was 15. I think I grew from that. My father didn't. It really crushed him.
Val Kilmer -
I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your campaign? Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?
Rand Paul -
I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.
Sam Waterston -
I normally don't listen to my instincts because I'm so full of doubt.
Victoria Pendleton -
The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.
Daisaku Ikeda -
I love to be in front of big galleries.
Natalie Gulbis
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I'm the first person in my family to go to college.
Jessica Chastain -
I have become an adjective. There is something called a Rovian-style of campaigning and it's meant as an insult. One columnist said it consists mainly of throwing mud until it sticks. One prominent blogger described the elements of a textbook Rovian race as fear-based, smear-based and anything goes.
Karl Rove -
I'm more androgynous, because men are supposed to be more spatial, women more literal - I'm a tomboy.
Portia Doubleday -
Parkinson's Fourth Law: The number of people in any working group tends to increase regardless of the amount of work to be done.
C. Northcote Parkinson