Bureaucracy quotes

“I want to find out if... well if they're right. There's a whole machine that works because everybody does what they are supposed to. And I found out... I was supposed to be something I didn't like. That's what's in the program. That's my rotten little part in the rotten machine. I don't like it. So I'm going to find out if they're right.”

Sir Sean Connery - O'Niel

“It's much easier to get people's names into the papers than to keep them out.”
Art Smith - Mel Lippman

“- Harry Tuttle: Bloody paperwork. Huh!
- Sam Lowry: I suppose one has to expect a certain amount.
- Harry Tuttle: Why? I came into this game for the action, the excitement. Go anywhere, travel light, get in, get out, wherever there's trouble, a man alone. Now they got the whole country sectioned off, you can't make a move without a form.”
Robert De Niro - Harry Tuttle
Jonathan Pryce - Sam Lowry

“This is the lifeblood of our organization. Paperwork.”
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brian Taylor

“- Agent Katherine Cowles: The agency's changed the guidelines for the way we break down the cases. It makes them more readable.
- John Clancy: Hm. Well, that's a relief.”
Abbie Cornish - Agent Kathrine Cowles
Philip Anthony Hopkins - John Clancy

- Sam "Ace" Rothstein: You know, I don't know if I could do this even if I wanted to. The Gaming Commission would never give me a license. I have at least two dozen gambling and bookmaking pinches on me.
- Andy Stone: You don't have to have a license to work in a casino. All you gotta do is apply for one. The state law says you can work in a... (continue)(continue reading)
Robert De Niro - Sam "Ace" Rothstein
Alan King - Andy Stone

“Sorry, I'm a bit of a stickler for paperwork. Where would we be if we didn't follow the correct procedures?”
Jonathan Pryce - Sam Lowry

“Governments come and go. Bureaucracies remain the same.”
Kurtwood Smith - Elliot Jaffe