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

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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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A “Normal” person is the sort of person that might be designed by a committee. You know, “Each person puts in a pretty color and it comes out gray.” – Alan Sherman

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