Wisdom by Martin
9 pieces of wisdom
“The faculty expands its activity to fit whatever space is available, so that more space is always required.”
“Faculty purchases of equipment and supplies always increase to match the funds available, so these funds are never adequate.”
“The professional quality of the faculty tends to be inversely proportional to the importance it attaches to space and equipment.”
“All committee reports conclude that 'it is not prudent to change the policy (or procedure, or organization, or whatever) at this time.'”
“Committee reports dealing with wages, salaries, fringe benefits, facilities, computers, employee parking, libraries, coffee breaks, secretarial support, etc., always call for dramatic expenditure increases.”
“The inevitable result of improved and enlarged communication between different levels in a hierarchy is a vastly increased area of misunderstanding.”
“Everyone knows that the name of the game is to let the other guy have all of the little tats and to keep all of the big tits for yourself.”
“(Extension) Those who cannot administrate -- legislate.”
“If you hire a consultant to read your own watch to you, you got your money's worth.”