Quotes by committee
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'Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.
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A camel is a horse designed by committee.
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A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.
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A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.
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A committee is an animal with four back legs.
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A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
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And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee.
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Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to.
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Committee-a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours.
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Football combines the two worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.
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Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.
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I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant.
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If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.
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If I am confirmed, I am confident that my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee and I will maintain the focus on long-term price stability as monetary policy's greatest contribution to general economic prosperity and maximum employment.
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If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee. If you think there was serious ethics violation that ought to be looked at, you don't hold it back for retaliatory purposes.
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