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dump a good idea on a meeting table. It will belong to the m

dump a good idea on a meeting table. It will belong to the meeting.

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

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

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A committee is a group of people who individually can do not

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.

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A committee is a body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

A committee is a body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

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A committee is a group of the unwilling chosen form the unfi

A committee is a group of the unwilling chosen form the unfit, to do the unnecessary.

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The ideal committee is one with me as the chairman, and two

The ideal committee is one with me as the chairman, and two other members in bed with the flu.

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Meetings are a symptom of bad organization. The fewer meetin

Meetings are a symptom of bad organization. The fewer meetings the better.

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A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

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If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a commi

If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it.

Charles Franklin Kettering

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I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no s

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

G. K. Chesterton

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

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

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I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a busines

I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the beauty of life.

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Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.

Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.

Anthony Sampson

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A conference is a gathering of people who singly can do noth

A conference is a gathering of people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.

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Committee: A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit t

Committee: A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit to do the unnecessary.

Richard Harkness

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Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to

Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anythin

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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Whoever invented the meeting must have had Hollywood in mind

Whoever invented the meeting must have had Hollywood in mind. I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting.

William Goldman

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A committee is an animal with four back legs.

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

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When committees gather, each member is necessarily an actor,

When committees gather, each member is necessarily an actor, uncontrollably acting out the part of himself, reading the lines that identify him, asserting his identity. We are designed, coded, it seems, to place the highest priority on being individuals, and we must do this first, at whatever cost, even if it means disability for the group.

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