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Posted by disirregardless... on February 12, 2003 at 11:08:17:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Booseys Latest posted by Mary Ann on February 12, 2003 at 10:10:26:

We trained hard . . . but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
Petronius Arbiter, 210 B.C.

I don't know who originated it, but here are some of the misinformed people who think it is legitimate:
Baroness Thomas of Walliswood (speaking in the [British] House of Lords, 18 Feb 1997, as reported in Hansards in column 82 for that day).
http://www.users.cts.com/sd/j/joepalen/fortune.keepers.html
http://www.cp-tel.net/~miller/BilLee/quotes/more3.html
http://info.gte.com/~kdd/nuggets/94/n17.txt
http://www.chipchat.com/USA/Chuckles/Reorganize.html
http://ous.usa.net/teamquot.htm
http://paul.spu.edu/library/news/quote-jan.html
http://www.cs.rit.edu/~jrv/personal/quotes.html
http://www.science.gmu.edu/~sglanows/Wisdom.shtml
http://hpccp-www.larc.nasa.gov/~paul/sayings.html
http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~accot/English/Hobbies/Citations.html
http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/~baker/www/home/quotes.html
http://www.om.org/relay/lighten.htm
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~letsche/bizarre.html
http://www.isse.gmu.edu/students/pfarrell/quotes.html
http://animation.filmtv.ucla.edu/digital.html (written by a Professor Dan McLaughlin at UCLA)
http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/rpse/bottge/thought.htm (written by Dr. Brian A. Bottge, Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, UW Madison)
http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~joel/home.html (written by Joel Wm. Parker, of the Southwest Research Institute)
patter(AT)cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r)

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