A vice-president is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference.
Sometimes quoted as: The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference.
As quoted in: Time - Volume 49 (Time Incorporated, 1947), p. 71. Also in: Pikes peek or bust (Doubleday & company, inc., 1946) by Earl Wilson, p. 132