Quotes about Committees

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

"A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members."
-David Coblitz

"There is no monument dedicated to the memory of a committee."
-Lester J. Pourciau

"Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers."
-Edward Shepherd Mead

"Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work."
-Alan Bullock

"We cannot let go now. These bills are going before the money committees now. We can lose it all if we're not there to the very end."
-Stephanie Aveiro

"I think pesticides has moved to the top of the committee's agenda. That was the biggest surprise of the day."
-Sen. Dave Aronberg

"(At that time) none of the city committees had women in them and no women were on the city council."
-Connie Rogers

"This is an exciting day for ING,'' said Fred S. Hubbell, chairman of ING Americas and ING Asia/Pacific Executive Committees."
-Hartford Courant

"It will be passed on to the Executive Committee and it will be acted on at (the committee's) April meeting."
-Kent Barrett

"We are cooperating with all of the committees in Congress."
-Arthur Andersen

"For me to say that that is a fair statement would be stepping out ahead of what this committee?s work is."
-Geno Marconi

"The fact is, the committee's allegations are baseless. Mr. Sevan never took a penny, as he has said from the beginning."
-Eric Lewis

"He's certainly coming in at the deep end in one of the most partisan committees in the House."
-Eric A. Burns