It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- C Northcote Parkinson, (Jul 30 1909-1993), Brtitish historian, philosopher; He was the formulator of Parkinson's Law, the satiric dictum that Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.