Famous Quotes | A committee is organic rather...

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn. - C. Northcote Parkinson
Attribution: C. Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993), British historian, political scientist. “Directors and Councils,” Parkinson’s Law, or The Pursuit of Progress (1958).

Categories: Committees, Historian, Political Scientist

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