"Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion." ― C. Northcote Parkinson Topic(s): Work More From C. Northcote Parkinson "Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married." "In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want." "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." More In Work "Your mind is what makes everything else work."― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar "In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won’t be able to do this."― Willie Mays "When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don’t agree with, or maybe I just haven’t thought of it or whatever, I’d be more prone to go with them than my own because I want to be out of control as an actor, I want them to have the control, otherwise it’s going to become predictably my work, and that’s not fun."― Jack Nicholson