Famous quotes containing the words mark and/or parkinson:
“One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.”
—Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)
“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 (1909–1993)