Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible

Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible

Bureaucrats are the only people in the world who can say absolutely nothing and mean it.

Bureaucrats are the only people in the world who can say absolutely nothing and mean it.

Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, read more

Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense.

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".'

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.

Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.

Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.

Join in the new game that's sweeping the country. It's called "Bureaucracy" Everybody stands in a circle. The first person read more

Join in the new game that's sweeping the country. It's called "Bureaucracy" Everybody stands in a circle. The first person to do anything loses.

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 a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.