Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.

Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.

Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

In any bureaucracy, paper work increases as you spend more and more time reporting on the less and less you read more

In any bureaucracy, paper work increases as you spend more and more time reporting on the less and less you are doing

Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work

Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughtnut... I don't need a receipt for the read more

I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughtnut... I don't need a receipt for the doughnut. I give you money and you give me the doughnut, end of transaction. We don't need to bring ink and paper into this. I can't imagine a scenario that I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut. To some skeptical friend, 'Don't even act like I didn't get that doughnut, I've got the documentation right here... It's in my file at home. ...Under "D".'