Keyword: Committees (Page 2)

A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian
People

If you leave the room, you're elected.

Murphy’s Laws

A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.

British clerk of the House of Commons
Ideas Intelligence

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

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor
People Time

An original idea can never emerge from committee in the original.

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Those most opposed to serving on committees are made chairmen.

Murphy’s Laws

The efficiency of a committee meeting is inversely proportional to the number of participants and the time spent on deliberations.

Murphy’s Laws Time

A committee is the only life form with 12 stomachs and no brain.

Murphy’s Laws People

All committee reports conclude that “it is not prudent to change the policy (or procedure, or organization, or whatever) at this time.”

Murphy’s Laws People

An original idea can never emerge from committee in the original.

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws