#wil

The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. ↗

— C. Northcote Parkinson

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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. ↗

— C. Northcote Parkinson

#any #inverse #involved #item #proportion

I've been with Life now for seventeen years and I have written several articles for them and will be doing more writing and do at least two assignments a year besides my writing. ↗

— Gordon Parks

#assignments #been #besides #doing #i

I mean, there are times when you aren't working, but still believe that work will come. ↗

— Estelle Parsons

#come #i #mean #still #times

We all need to go to good theater; that is what I believe will save it. ↗

— Estelle Parsons

#go #good #i #i believe #need

If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#alternatives #any #facts #fit #itself

Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

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Thus, in general, in the first instance, the direction of interest in empirical fact will be canalised by the logical structure of the theoretical system. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#empirical #empirical fact #fact #first #general

A well installed microcode bug will be almost impossible to detect. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#bug #detect #impossible #installed #well

Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#flesh #go #large #living #permanent