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“All I mean is that a board of directors is one or two ambitious men--and a lot of ballast. I mean that groups of men are vacuums. Great big empty nothings. They say we can't visualize a total nothing. Hell, sit at any committee meeting. The point is only who chooses to fill that nothing. It's a tough battle. The toughest. It's simple enough to fight any enemy, so long as he's there to be fought. But when he isn't. . .”

Collectives Nothingness Committees Board Of Directors Incompetency

Book:The Fountainhead

Source: The Fountainhead

“Having clear decision rules saves heartburn later.”

Meetings Committees Rules Heartburn Team Growth

Book:Let's Stop Meeting Like This: Tools to Save Time and Get More Done

Source: Let's Stop Meeting Like This: Tools to Save Time and Get More Done

“Committees kill unconventional ideas for a living.”

Ideas Committees Public Opinion Unconventional

Book:The Confessions of a Misfit

Source: The Confessions of a Misfit

“It is a building designed by committee: all they have been able to agree on is that it should be rectangular, have windows, and not fall over.”

Humour Architecture Committees

Book:Company

Source: Company

“Ich bin Mitglied einer ministeriellen Konferenz. Bei einer Konferenz bringt jeder vor, was er haben möchte und für das Richtige hält, und zum Schluß ergibt sich etwas daraus, das keiner ganz gewollt hat: eben das Ergebnis.”

Committees Kommission

Book:the Man Without Qualities

Source: the Man Without Qualities

“Let’s form a committee tasked with exploring why committees are so ineffective. Then we’ll stand-back and watch it argue and self-destruct.”

Humor Leadership Business Management Committees Bureaucracy

Author:Ryan Lilly

“There is a whole school of thought that holds bureaucracy tends to expand according to a kind of perverse but inescapable inner logic. The argument runs as follows: if you create a bureaucratic structure to deal with some problem, that structure will invariably end up creating other problems that seem as if they, too, can only be solved by bureaucratic means. In universities, this is sometimes informally referred to as the "creating committees to deal with the problem of too many committees" problem.”

University Committees Bureaucracy

Book:The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

Source: The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

“Had Newton served on more faculty committees at Cambridge, his first law of motion might have read: A decisionmaking body at rest or in motion tends to stay at rest or in motion in the same direction unless acted upon by an outside force.”

Committees Consensus Newton

Book:Central Banking in Theory and Practice

Source: Central Banking in Theory and Practice

“Committees can criticize advertisements, but they should never be allowed to create them.”

Book:Confessions of an advertising man

Source: Confessions of an advertising man

“When choosing committees, look for opportunities that will help you level up as opposed to volunteering for the sake of volunteering. Ultimately, what I am involved in today either fulfills me personally, or it fulfills a strategic objective. Try everything once and then whittle down your list by evaluating afterwards with these questions: - Did I meet the people I wanted to meet? - Did it help me meet people who have influence? - Will it bring me visibility? - Will it get me decision-making power or a seat at a table I wouldn't normally get a seat at? - Is it worth attending again? It wasn't long after I started prioritizing networking that people began to notice that i was looped in. When people came to me with their work issues, I either had the answers to their questions, or I knew exactly where to send them. Since I had networked across all levels within my company, I was in a unique position to be helpful up and down the org chart.”

Committees Networking Volunteering

Book:The DevelopHer Playbook: 5 Simple Steps to Get Ahead, Stand Out, Build Your Value, and Advocate for Yourself as a Woman in Tech

Source: The DevelopHer Playbook: 5 Simple Steps to Get Ahead, Stand Out, Build Your Value, and Advocate for Yourself as a Woman in Tech

“I was recently appointed by President Obama to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. I am so excited that the President trusts me to advise him on things that are important to people with disabilities!”

People Important President Intellectual Excited Disability President Obama Committees Trust Me Advise People With Disabilities Intellectual Disability

Author:Lauren Potter

“Madam Speaker, I have spent more than half my life as a member of the Resources Committee. In that time I have supported numerous wilderness designations. In fact, I cannot recall ever opposing a wilderness bill.”

Facts Half Members Resources Bills Wilderness Speakers Recalls Committees Opposing Designation

Author:Nick Rahall

“You simply cannot do a sitcom by committee. It will not work. You've got to have one or two clean, creative voices in charge, and there's got to be some faith by the studio and network in those people to make the right choices.”

People Two Choices Voice Creative Clean Studios Committees Sitcom Right Choices Make The Right Choice

Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino

“I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive.”

Ifs Should Made Spirit Purpose Poor Design Guides Resolution Committees

Book:Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road, Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is Conducted

Source: Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road, Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is Conducted

“It's difficult to find a movie that feels true to itself. You feel the hand of Hollywood, the moviemaking by committee, on everything.”

Feels Hands Difficult Hollywood Committees

Author:Zack Snyder

“I want to make it clear publicly that I expect more candor from this Administration during the next four years, particularly with members on the Foreign Relations Committee so that we can maintain a bipartisan foreign policy.”

Want Years Next Clear Four Policy Members Relation Administration Four Years Foreign Policy Committees Candor Bipartisan Foreign Relations

Author:George Voinovich

“Cliff Stearns talks about what he did to Planned Parenthood, making Solyndra a household name - why didn't he do this sooner? Why didn't he see it coming? It's the oversight committee, not the hindsight committee.”

Names Parenthood Household Committees Cliffs Hindsight Planned Parenthood Oversight

Author:Ted Yoho

“Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee - a tradition I'd like very much to continue.”

Two Proud Tradition Senators Committees Minnesota

Author:Al Franken

“When you do a movie in the studio system, there's a committee. A committee of six or seven people you answer to. There's two or three producers, a studio executive and one or two people above that studio executive.”

People Two Three Answers Six Seven Studios Producers Executives Committees

Author:Thomas Lennon

“Only under conditions of revolutionary crises do you have the highest level of self-organization; this is the Soviet type of organization, which is to say, workers' councils, people's councils, call them what you want, popular committees.”

People Want Self Levels Conditions Type Highest Organization Crisis Workers What You Want Revolutionary Soviet Committees Council

Book:Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays

Source: Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays

“Modern animated movies are the products not of anyone’s individual vision, but rather a scattered accumulation of compromises made out of fear by members of large committees.”

Made Individual Vision Modern Products Members Compromise Committees Accumulation Animated Animated Movies

Author:John Kricfalusi

“The only, the only possibility would be if the Republicans are in the majority and they can offer me something that would be especially advantageous to Maine. Somebody said, 'You may be a committee chair.' I don't think so. I don't think anybody would want me that much.”

Ifs Thinking Want May Said Would Be Possibility Republican Offers Majority Chairs Want Me Committees Maine

Author:Angus King

“If the Palestinian Olympic Committee or Palestinian Federation provide good facilities to the athletes then maybe I can become better than these Bahraini or Qatari athletes.”

Ifs I Can Athlete Palestinian Committees Facility Federation

Author:Nader al-Masri

“And in an issue with this kind of concern to a committee that bears the oversight responsibility, I think you can see that we're very dismayed about it .”

Thinking Kind Responsibility Issues Bears Concern Committees Oversight Dismayed

Author:Dianne Feinstein

“I have not done anything wrong. I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations and I have not provided false information to this or any other committee.”

Done Law Information Broken Regulation Committees Irs

Author:Lois Lerner

“They cannot count on the press and they cannot count on Congressional committees to bring the problems of the scientific community to their own attention, or to police the scientific community.”

Problem Community Attention Police Presses Committees Congressional Committees

Book:Challenges

Source: Challenges

“I'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong.”

Knows Action Committees

Author:Karen McCarthy

“I am convinced that in the arts, committees are useless.”

Art Convinced Useless Committees

Author:Walter Legge

“The broad outlines of the Double Cross deception have been known since 1972, when Sir John Masterman, the former chairman of the double agent committee, controversially published his account of the operation in defiance of official secrecy.”

Has Beens Known Crosses Accounts Agents Former Deception Operations Officials Broads Committees Secrecy Chairman Defiance Outlines

Author:Ben Macintyre

“Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers.”

Technology Computer Committees

Author:Shepherd Mead

“I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age”

Children Age Suffering Humanity Millions Modern Committees Nobel Plight I Am Thankful Modern Age

Author:Kailash Satyarthi

“In April, I asked my staff to determine if Senate rules and relevant laws would allow me to direct the trustees to sell any remaining HCA stock. In May, my staff worked with outside counsel and with the Senate ethics committee staff to draft a written communication to the trustees. After obtaining pre-approval by mid-June from the Senate ethics committee, I issued a letter directing my trustees to sell any remaining HCA stock in my family's trust.”

Ifs May Law Written Communication Ethics Direct My Family Letters Sells Determine Relevant Senate Approval Staff Committees June April Obtaining Trustees

Author:Bill Frist

“A committee appointed by the President of a company will report what the President wishes to hear. Would they dare report otherwise?.”

Wish President Company Dare Reports Committees

Author:W. Edwards Deming

“The typical large company has a compensation committee, They don't look for Dobermans on that committee, they look for chihuahuas.”

Looks Company Typical Committees Compensation Chihuahua Large Companies Dobermans

Author:Warren Buffett

“Just look at the Judiciary Committee, You have some people on the Judiciary Committee who may well decide not to send the nomination to the floor, and now it all depends on what Democrats do.”

People Wells Looks May Depends Democrat Committees Nominations Judiciary

Author:Barbara Boxer

“I applaud the fact that the president has reached out to the members of Judiciary Committee. And I applaud... the fact that he has been meeting with members of the Judiciary Committee. He's been seeking out Republicans as well as Democrats.”

Wells Has Beens Facts President Republican Members Meetings Democrat Seeking Committees Judiciary

Author:Edward Kennedy

“It's interesting that at a time when she could have differentiated herself from the ranks of [Democratic National Committee Chairman] Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi and the far left ranks of the Democratic Party, she chose to join those on the front ranks of the blame game, It would have been interesting if she had shown some level of restraint.”

Ifs Has Beens Games Left Interesting Levels Party Fronts Blame Democratic Committees Restraint Democratic Party Chairman Dean Nancy Blame Game

Author:Brian Jones

“The Democratic National Committee is virtually 100 percent anti-firearms ownership, and the Republican National Committee stands on the side of the freedom.”

Sides Republican Percent Democratic Ownership Committees Firearms

Author:Wayne LaPierre

“From a high-tech point of view, an agriculture point of view, a goods-and-services point of view, a great deal of [committee Democrats] have no choice except to support allowing America access to these markets.”

America Choices Views Deals Support Democrat Point Of View Access Goods Allowing Agriculture Committees Goods And Services

Author:Charles Rangel

“I am very pleased to be involved with the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee because its message resonates with me on a very personal level, My own career is an example of the universal power of music, especially the power of Hip Hop, to bring people of different backgrounds together for a common purpose. I hope that my commitment to the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee will encourage all music lovers - both amateurs and professionals - to get involved with the Music Days performance network and contribute to the 'Harmony For Humanity' e-Stage.”

“Michelle Kwan means more to the United States Olympic Committee than maybe any athlete that's every performed. She's a leader, she's been gracious, she's somebody to cherish forever. She's a real loss to the United States Olympic Committee, to the United States of America and, I think, to the world.”

Thinking World Mean Real States America Loss United Leader United States Forever Athlete Cherish United States Of America Committees Gracious

Author:Peter Ueberroth

“Judge Roberts' civil rights record and views remained the most controversial and unexplained part of his record when the Judiciary Committee hearing concluded, just as his civil rights record and views had been the most controversial part of his record when the hearing began.”

Views Records Rights Judging Civilization Hearing Civil Rights Committees Controversial Judiciary Unexplained

Author:Mel Watt

“The secrecy that shrouded the vote counting by the special election committee cast doubts on the results and lacks transparency.”

Results Doubt Special Vote Election Casts Committees Secrecy Counting Transparency

Author:Hosni Mubarak

“Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.”

Want Change Business Economy Economics Organization Management Meetings Committees Indispensable Business Meeting

Book:Ambassador's Journal

Source: Ambassador's Journal

“For the past three years, the Senate intelligence committee has avoided carrying out its oversight of our nation's intelligence programs whenever the White House becomes uncomfortable with the questions being asked. The very independence of this committee is called into question.”

Years Past Three House Nations White Program Independence Uncomfortable White House Three Years Senate Committees Avoided Oversight

Author:Jay Rockefeller

“The Coventry School Committee has been ahead of the curve in addressing the nutrition needs of our students. This committee is an extension of a process begun more than a year ago to ensure the foods we offer had high nutritional value.”

Needs Years Has Beens School Values Process Students Offers Years Ago Nutrition Committees Extensions Curves Coventry

Author:Michael Reeves

“Unfortunately, marketing textbooks is like marketing fishing lures: the point is to catch fishermen, not fish. Thus many adopted textbooks are flashy to catch the eye of adoption committees but dull when read by students.”

Eye Students Marketing Fishes Dull Fishing Adoption Committees Adopted Textbooks Fisherman Lure Flashy

Book:Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

Source: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

“What is... disturbing to me is that many of these pro-Israeli lawmakers sit on the House International Relations Committee despite the obvious conflict of interest that their emotional attachments to Israel cause... The Israeli occupation of all territories must end, including Congress.”

“The Committee supports the idea that there should be, within the University of California, a campus which puts particular emphasis on the education of undergraduates within the framework of a College system.”

Should Ideas Support College Particular University California Committees Emphasis Framework Campus

Author:Abraham Robinson

“Outside of traffic, there is nothing that has held this country back as much as committees.”

Country Business Traffic Committees Life And Love

Author:Will Rogers