The Basic Quality For The Diplomat Is

Perfection Of Planning Is A Symptom Of Decay. During A Period Of Exciting Discovery Or Progress, There Is No Time To Plan The Perfect Headquarters.

A Committee Grows Organically, Flourishes And Blossoms, Sunlit On Top And Shady Beneath, Until It Dies, Scattering The Seeds From Which Other Committees Will Spring.

Expenditure Rises To Meet Income.

Parkinson's First Law: Work Expands To Fill The Time Available.

Parkinson's Fourth Law: The Number Of People In Any Working Group Tends To Increase Regardless Of The Amount Of Work To Be Done.