“A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.”— James H. Boren
“A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.”— Oliver Franks
“A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done.”— Georges Clemenceau
“A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.”— Keith Waterhouse
“The progress of science is matched by an increase in the size of its councils and committees.”— Cyril Northcote Parkinson
“It is characteristic of all committee discussions and decisions that every member has a vivid recollection of them and that every member’s recollection of them is different.”— Antony Jay
“A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done.”— Richard J. Needham