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

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

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Our age will be known as the age of committees. – Ernest Benn

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A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour. – Elbert Hubbard

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