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Committee: A group which succeeds in getting something done only when it consists of three members, one of whom happens to be sick and another absent. — Abraham Lincoln

considerable discussion, the Draft Committee's submission received — R.C. Sproul

The last thing members of the committee want to do is pass legislation. — John McCain

Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee? — Burt Lancaster

'Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions. — Antony Jay

A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree

A committee, of course, exists for the purpose of damping enthusiasms. — Stella Benson

The state is the executive committee of the ruling class. — Karl Marx

Because of our Congressional committee system, our government is closer to a gerontocracy than a democracy. — Charles Frankel

The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is alarming. — Charles Bass

I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Most of them don't know what communism is, could not pick it out of a lineup. They only know what anticommunism is. The two are practically unrelated. — Barbara Kingsolver

On the House Un-American Activities Committee: They'll nail anyone who ever scratched his ass during the National Anthem. — Humphrey Bogart

It is perfectly reasonable to despair of a world where the Nobel Committee gives the Peace Prize to a man running a war. — Martin Firrell

Let's form a committee tasked with exploring why committees are so ineffective. Then we'll stand-back and watch it argue and self-destruct. — Ryan Lilly

If Sun were to hand the management of Java over to a committee of monkeys, would it be more successful? — Eric Sink

The secrecy that shrouded the vote counting by the special election committee cast doubts on the results and lacks transparency. — Hosni Mubarak

Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker. — Seth Godin

I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party. — Naguib Mahfouz

I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan. — Nancy Pelosi

We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist. — Frank Moore Colby

What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary — Richard Harkness

In a way, it has been an advantage for me to be a woman because there is always some academic committee that needs you to fill a quota! — Esther Duflo

Moses never called for a committee when the Egyptians were breathing down his neck. — Neil T. Anderson

Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame. — Lady Bird Johnson

My mother used to say, when the time is right, you don't need to have a committee meeting about it. — Richard Bausch

You can't serve on every committee. But you can know what happened, what the debate was, who said what. — Kevin McCarthy

The "Ways & Means Committee" is a committee that's supposed to find the Ways to divide up the Means. — Will Rogers

The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version. — Rita Mae Brown

Nothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something. — Bill Sienkiewicz

Unix is a junk OS designed by a committee of PhDs. — Dave Cutler

A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour. — Elbert Hubbard

After a couple of years of death by bureaucratic snu-snu (too many committee meetings, too many tedious IT admin jobs) — Charles Stross

Any terrorists that have come here and committee acts from 9/11 have come here in some form of a visa. — Chuck Todd

New York City gritty committee pity the fool that act shitty in the midst of the calm, the witty. — Pharoahe Monch

Running to Mommy and Daddy on the campus grievance committee is unworthy of strong women. — Camille Paglia

I became chairman of the inmates committee. Got into a lot of trouble. Was accused of fomenting a riot. Was accused of plotting to kill the warden. — Clifford Irving

A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled. — Barnett Cocks

A camel is a horse designed by a committee and a committee's a sweet running piece of machinery compared to any government. — Gordon R. Dickson

You didn't get sober to be stupid, Danny. Keep it in mind the next time you start listening to that itty-bitty shitty committee inside your head. — Stephen King

No negotiation is ever possible if you have to negotiate not only with the people in the room but also with some other committee in permanent session. — Jack Straw

If you ever live in a country run by a committee, be on the committee. — William Graham Sumner

To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent. — Robert Copeland

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will work for kings, not unimportant people. — ISV Foundation Committee On Translation

Committee - a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours. — Milton Berle

May 29, the Central Committee of the Sections goes into "permanent session" - what a fine, crisis-ridden sound it has, that term! — Hilary Mantel

When I've seen an opportunity I haven't sat down and called a committee meeting, We've gone and done it. — Fred Hollows

I've come to feel very strongly, not as a joke, that if you appoint a committee of more than four people, their efficiency starts to deteriorate. — Charlton Heston

As a member of the Aging Committee, I'm no stranger to fighting for America's seniors. — Claire McCaskill

A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done. — Fred Allen

the representative committee, — Lao She

Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee. — F. Lee Bailey

Most films go out like skydivers who have had their chutes packed by a committee of blind schizophrenics. — William Monahan

We all need a cheering committee and parents are a child's most important fans! — Vivian Kirkfield

Somebody said, 'You may be a committee chair.' I don't think so. I don't think anybody would want me that much. — Angus King

A committee is a group of individuals who all put in a perfectly good color, and it comes out gray. — Allan Sherman

First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you. — Pat Roberts

Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work. — Woodrow Wilson

It is time for us Arabs and Muslims to formulate a committee of wise persons to bear the responsibility of engaging with this new American century. — Prince Hassan Bin Talal

The American people will be appalled to learn the health care bill exempts (congressional) leadership and committee staff. — Tom Coburn

I have had national security background, 10 years on the Intelligence Committee, the last two years as chair. — Bob Graham

Jim, I'm not aware of any formal requests from the Senate Judiciary Committee for these kinds of documents. — Alberto Gonzales

The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it's hard for actors and writers to do their jobs. — Hope Davis

The optimum committee has no members. — Norman Ralph Augustine

As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy law. — Norman Lamm

Nobody ever built a statue to a committee. — Roger Stone

Kids were disappearing and getting murdered back in '58. The Save Our Children Committee is meeting — Stephen King

A committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain. — Robert A. Heinlein

And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee. — Stephen Breyer

Every time the Russians throw an American in jail, the Committee throws an American in jail to get even. — Mort Sahl

The world is proof that God is a committee. — Bob Stokes

A camel looks like a horse that was planned by a committee. — Alec Issigonis

A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee. — Fletcher Knebel

I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age. — Kailash Satyarthi

The best committee's a committee of one! — Naomi Mitchison

To assess the intelligence of a committee, divide the IQ of its stupidest member by the number of members. — Robert A. Heinlein

A camel is a horse designed by committee. — Alec Issigonis

I'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong. — Karen McCarthy

The committee has an obligation to give you a choice. The members have the obligation and the right to make that choice. — Bill Vaughan

What worthwhile book after the Pentateuch has been written by a committee? — George Steiner

There is no crueler hells than committee work, — Robert Jackson Bennett

I don't believe in creation by committee. I think it's impossible. — Bonnie Fuller

I don't like to see facts twisted, untruths fabricated to give the [Supreme Court] nominee a black eye, even before he comes before Senate committee. — Chuck Grassley

If we win, we'll make history, and I'll serve you on the Agriculture Committee. — George Nethercutt

A committee of three gets things done if two dont show up. — Herbert V. Prochnow

All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law — Theodore Roosevelt

Ways and Means Committee Chairman says the tax code is tax code is longer than the Bible without the good news — David Camp

Orgies are an early form of what will someday become sex by committee. — Mason Cooley

A "Normal" person is the sort of person that might be designed by a committee. You know, "Each person puts in a pretty color and it comes out gray. — Alan Sherman

I will use my position as chairman emeritus on the Energy and Commerce Committee to try to bring some common sense to EPA regulations. — Joe Barton

I served on the Armed Services Committee for 18 years and we must lead, or the job won't get done, unfortunately, for our country. — John Kasich

A committee appointed by the President of a company will report what the President wishes to hear. Would they dare report otherwise?. — W. Edwards Deming

The number one book of the ages was written by a committee, and it was called The Bible. — Louis B. Mayer

Pondering how illogical logical thinking can be if a big enough committee is doing it. — Terry Pratchett

Twitter! It's like being stalked by committee! — David Tennant

We always had a central committee. They were mesmerized by Eldridge Cleaver. — Huey Newton

Orrin Hatch is old enough to be my father, and I don't want my father running the United States Senate Finance Committee. — Scott Howell

The executive of the modern State is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie. — Friedrich Engels

A committee is twelve men doing the work of one. — John F. Kennedy

There is no crueler hells then committee work ... — Robert Jackson Bennett