Keyword: Bureaucracy (Page 2)

You should have seen it when I got it.

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.

(1879 – 1972) U.S. governor (South Carolina)

Bureaucracy is the epoxy that greases the wheels of progress.

(1925 – 2010) American humorist & writer

Typesetters always correct intentional errors, but fail to correct unintentional ones.

A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.

(1932 – 2009) U.S. senator (Massachusetts)

Any bureaucracy reorganized to enhance efficiency is immediately indistinguishable from its predecessor.

In a bureaucracy, good ideas go to too far.

If anything can go wrong, it will do so in triplicate.

Bad regulation begets worse regulation.

1. Never use one word when a dozen will suffice.
2. If it can be understood, it's not finished yet.
3. Never be the first to do anything.