If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it. Votes: 6
Charles KetteringIf Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. Votes: 4
Arthur GoldbergIf you ever live in a country run by a committee, be on the committee. Votes: 4
William Graham SumnerA committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary. Votes: 4
Fred AllenThe review committee has left it to NASA to determine the scope of these alleged incidents. Votes: 4
Ellen OchoaI would trust Shakespeare, but I would not trust a committee of Shakespeares. Votes: 3
William BatesonWhiskey is carried into committee rooms in demijohns and carried out in demagogues. Votes: 3
Mark TwainWe all need a cheering committee and parents are a child's most important fans! Votes: 3
Vivian KirkfieldI'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong. Votes: 3
Karen McCarthyTell the negative committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up. Votes: 3
Ann B. DavisEvery new experience is unusual. The rest of life is just sleep and committee meetings. Votes: 3
John Twelve HawksRunning to Mommy and Daddy on the campus grievance committee is unworthy of strong women. Votes: 3
Camille PagliaNothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something Votes: 3
Bill SienkiewiczI've been to every park in every city and not seen a statue to a committee. Votes: 3
Gilbert K. ChestertonA committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain. Votes: 3
Robert A. HeinleinTo err is human, but to really screw things up requires a design committee of bureaucrats. Votes: 3
Henry SpencerYou couldn't always trust the history books. They told a diluted truth, a truth by committee. Votes: 3
Whoopi GoldbergAnd in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee. Votes: 3
Stephen BreyerThere's so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee. Votes: 3
Benedict CumberbatchA decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee. Votes: 3
Fletcher KnebelLying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment. Votes: 3
John BercowI've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party. Votes: 3
Naguib MahfouzThe number one book of the ages was written by a committee, and it was called The Bible. Votes: 3
Louis B. MayerPower says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power. Votes: 3
Daniel WebsterThe "Ways & Means Committee" is a committee that's supposed to find the Ways to divide up the Means. Votes: 3
Will RogersNew York City gritty committee pity the fool that act shitty in the midst of the calm, the witty. Votes: 3
Pharoahe MonchA committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour. Votes: 3
Elbert HubbardSo much of what you see now in Hollywood is written and directed by committee, and you can see it. Votes: 3
Trey ParkerA committee is a group of individuals who all put in a perfectly good color, and it comes out gray. Votes: 3
Allan ShermanWhen you want to work for God start a committee. When you want to work with God start a prayer group Votes: 3
Corrie Ten BoomAs a member of the Aging Committee, I'm no stranger to fighting for America's seniors. Votes: 2
Claire McCaskillThe American Jewish Committee has pioneered the German-Jewish-American dialogue. Votes: 0
Klaus KinkelIf we win, we'll make history, and I'll serve you on the Agriculture Committee. Votes: 0
George NethercuttThe Appropriations Committee in the Senate is out of control, out of control on spending. Votes: 0
John EnsignMay the spirit of devotion to duty which inspires us always dominate this Committee's conferences! Votes: 0
Gustav KruppBeing chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee is like being a mosquito in a nudist colony. Votes: 0
John McCainOut of the agony and travail of economic America the Committee for Industrial Organization was born. Votes: 0
John L. LewisIn 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee. Votes: 0
David DinkinsFootball combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings. Votes: 3 George Will
If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it. Votes: 3 Charles Kettering