"“Yes, but what do you do? And have you been doing more of it in the past six months than in the previous six?” “Well, if we’re asking that kind of question, Archchancellor, what do you do?” said the Dean testily. “I administer, Dean,” said Ridcully calmly. “Then we must be doing something, otherwise you’d have nothing to administrate.” “That comment strikes at the very heart of the bureaucratic principle, Dean, and I shall ignore it.”"
Discworld

January 1, 1970

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