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

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If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee. – Author Unknown

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Committees

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

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Football is a mistake. It combines two of the worst things about American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings. – George Will

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The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity. – Miguel de Cervantes

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