Quote by Katharine Whitehorn
Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who

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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There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes. – Katharine Whitehorn

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I cannot for the life of me see why the umpires, the only two people on a cricket field who are not going to get grass stains on their knees, are the only two people allowed to wear dark trousers. – Katharine Whitehorn

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Sports
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People get a bad impression of it by continually trying to treat it as if it was a bank clerk, who ought to be on time on Tuesday next, instead of philosophically seeing it as a painter, who may do anything so long as you dont try to predict what. – Katharine Whitehorn

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A committee is an animal with four back legs. – John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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

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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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