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We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us a

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

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

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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. – Katharine Whitehorn

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