C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes:
Ocupation: Naval historian
Life: July 30, 1909 - March 9, 1993
Birthday: July 30
Death: March 9
No king or minister could have instructed Newton to discover the law of gravity, for they did not know and could not know that there was such a law to discover. No Treasury official told Fleming to discover penicillin. Nor was Rutherford instructed to split the atom by a certain date...
topic: Kings, Ignorance, Law, Penicillin
