Keyword: Bureaucracy (Page 2)

The effort expended by the bureaucracy in defending any error is in direct proportion to the size of the error.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

Bureaucracy: A system that enables ten men to do the work of one.

Definitions Government

To beat the bureaucracy, make your problem their problem.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

In a bureaucratic hierarchy, the higher up the organization the less people appreciate Murphy's Law.

Murphy’s Laws

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor
Government

If an idea can survive a bureaucratic review and be implemented, it wasn't worth doing.

Murphy’s Laws

1. When in charge ponder
2. When in trouble delegate
3. When in doubt mumble.

Murphy’s Laws Speech

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.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws

You should have seen it when I got it.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.

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

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

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