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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Smoking
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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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Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club?… Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam. – Alfred Whitney Griswold

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It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods. – H.L. Mencken

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

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

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I tell you one thing — if you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others. Rather learn to see your own faults. Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; this whole world is your own. – Sri Sarada Devi

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