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Committees
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“The psychology of committees is a special case of the psychology of mobs.”
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“The more committees you belong to, the less of ordinary life you will understand. When your daily round becomes nothing more than a daily round of committees you might as well be dead.”
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“... a committee, of course, exists for the purpose of damping enthusiasms.”
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“The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.”
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“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.”
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“Committee meetings are always held at inconvenient times and usually take place in dark, dusty rooms the temperatures of which are unsuited to the human body.”
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“Beware of conformity, committees, and insurance policies.”
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“... the best committee's a committee of one!”
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“... any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame ...”
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“You'll find in no park or city / A monument to a committee.”
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“No committee ever has, or ever will, run a revolution.”