Committees Quotations

They sit there in committees day after day, And they each put in a color and it comes out gray. And we all have heard the saying, which is true as well as witty, That a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee.

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

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

Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee?

Nobody ever built a statue to a committee.

The high esteem in which the Nobel Prizes are held is undoubtedly due to the conscientious way in which the Committees have discharged a heavy responsibility.

If I am elected leader, my shadow opposition team will actively incorporate the policy contributions of all our members by instituting policy action committees as recommend by the 2010 National Review.

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.

It was also my idea that the advisory committees of the Academy should replace the legal committees of the German Reichstag, which was gradually fading into the background in the Reich.

If we win, we'll make history, and I'll serve you on the Agriculture Committee.

A curious observation is the uniform way that committees review curriculum for each field of study. Too often, authorities have a knee-jerk impulse to declare that 'all curriculum areas will be the same.' In fact, real and significant differences exist between fields of study.

Actors are a lot like professors on dissertation committees - it's a lot of ego, a lot of rallying for position, there is a lot at stake in every single interaction.

I didn't serve on a committee that dealt with foreign policy.

And everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything, what this person says or how this person think(s), you know.

The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.

We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist.

Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding.

Success brings with it pressure to conform. I always thought that success would lead to freedom, but the opposite is true: more people get involved, and committees make decisions, and it becomes a fight to stay free.

African runners regularly work out in the United States and Europe, and the International Olympic Committee sends some of the cash from the Games to Olympic committees in poor nations, which use the money to finance their own programs.

Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.

So much of what you see now in Hollywood is written and directed by committee, and you can see it.

My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee.

I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan.

Even before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton threw their exploratory committees into the ring, every reporter seemed to be asking, 'Which candidate are Americans more ready for: a white woman or a black man?'

Of all the committees I've ever served on, it's the absolute best professional experience I've ever had. There's just no comparison.

If the Senate oversight committees are either unwilling or unable to tackle the tough but necessary questions associated with detention, interrogation or rendition of prisoners, then we should step aside -- regrettably, if we have to -- and let the work be done by others unfettered by other considerations,

Many of the scandals sweeping over Capitol Hill are the product of loose ethics enforcement in Congress. No one is watching because the ethics committees too often act like lap dogs rather than watchdogs.

She earned for us a reputation as one of the best organized, most active Central Committees in Maryland.

Most of the Senate and Assembly education committees are wholly owned subsidiaries of the California teachers union, ... Any bill they oppose dies.

Making important energy policy that affects national security, the economy and public health is too important to be done behind the closed doors of a conference committee that avoids public hearings or the scrutiny of the full committees of each chamber. This is coming at a time when members of both parties are talking about their commitment to reform Congress to make their work more transparent and to curtail the influence of lobbyists.

Groups opposed to the merger will press the Hill to spend time investigating the deal, and the key committees have limited bandwidth to deal with all these telecom issues.

I believe there are better options, and will continue to work with the DNI and the relevant congressional committees on a plan to save valuable technology and the work force that builds it,

Basically everyone would be asking congressional committees for investigative documents and records.

He's certainly coming in at the deep end in one of the most partisan committees in the House.

He will direct the implementation of the state's plan through my cabinet and will coordinate the advisory committees that I will appoint to give me guidance in this rebuilding process,

My peers across the country have recognized my leadership ability by electing me as president of the National Association of Counties. My peers across the state have recognized my leadership ability by making me chair of TEX-21... Locally I head up several task forces and committees concerning transportation and other county matters.

Just because Democrats control committees doesn't mean they have an easy working coalition. There's still a coalition of conservative Democrats who will work with Republicans on key issues.

Our government is based upon a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances. The actions taken by the president undermine the very foundations of our country. We urge the relevant Congressional committees to investigate how the president abused his power as our chief executive. We applaud Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter for committing to hold oversight hearings. The American people deserve to know the truth.

It is now awaiting action in the Senate. Sometimes things move quickly and sometimes they don't. It could be a couple months. It has to go through some committees and then to the floor.

I think ultimately audience members like to see someone controlling the quality of a film. A lot of films you see are made by committees and studios and producers.

I think it is unfortunate that some of the proposals being discussed single out the Appropriations Committee in regard to earmark reform. Chairman Cochran hopes any reform measures that the Senate adopts will provide parity across committees and reflect Congress's constitutional responsibility to direct the appropriation of funds.

Virtually all appointments that we make for anything, whether they're standing committees or commissions, or anything else, they have a requirement for gender balance and a requirement for balance across region,

Most health plans already devote significant attention and resources to formulary decisions. It is our hope that formulary committees and other decision makers focus on important questions and ask for the right kinds of evidence.

Will has done an outstanding job as the chairman of the competition committees and rules. The Masters owes him a debt of gratitude for his many years of tireless and exemplary service.

The creation of the committees are moving forward and led by competent individuals. This will be seen through.

We're going to work with the committees and see what's doable.

Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.

Most search committees use me.

Committees are to get everybody together and homogenize their thinking.

We are always looking for people to fill committees and work on other projects.

Any terrorists that have come here and committee acts from 9/11 have come here in some form of a visa.

We can't spend a dime. All we can say is, 'Here are the offices. These people need to be moved.' It's been said before by previous committees and in previous reports. We're just looking for options.

When I was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 1974, one of the committees I was assigned to was Land, Water and Hawaiian Homes.

We've turned our attention to helping the Republican Party and other committees to make sure that President Bush doesn't have a lonely victory.

Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.

Whether that changes over time, we'll see. The option is now there for tournament committees to use the rule if they choose.

Until last year, Congress was just a club; we are trying to make it more serious and more influential for the student body. We are looking to reform our committees to make ourselves more respected and more advertised. We are trying to become more visible in the community as well as make Congress more visible on campus though we know we still have a long way to go.

We're going to distribute the funds from both allocations to county judges who have set up committees to focus on the individual needs and help distribute the funds.

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.

Unless investors can see where compensation committees are setting those hurdles, it's hard for us to assess the quality of those plans.

Twitter! It's like being stalked by committee!

We should call editorials what they are: columns written by committees.

(At that time) none of the city committees had women in them and no women were on the city council.

Committees would have longer to work on them. We need to do a biennial budget.

At the league level -- and I sit on the committees that talk about this stuff -- they want to do everything that they can for the safety of the player, ... In warm weather, we really talk about it a lot.

I've been elected nine times, ... I've seen and done most things that a representative can do. I went from a freshman rep to chairing one of the most elite committees ? the Joint Committee on Taxation.

The whole premise of these committees is to appropriately place them? There are no geographic boundaries limiting the enrollment of non-public schools.

The senate and congressional campaign committees keep getting more and more narrow in their targeting - there is little work done on national message.

I've served on many committees with Rudy. And I'm still waiting for an opportunity to speak.

These agreements are the result of a collaborative effort between our member Spine Task Force and Surgical Services and Strategic Advisory Committees who have worked hard to provide the most cost-effective, innovative, and quality-driven spine surgery service line solutions in this complex physician preference area.

They agreed that in addition to the negotiations that have resumed on the interim committees that they should see this kind of resumption of contacts on all levels between the two sides, including between the leaders.

Or the Department of Education and another ministry were worried about duplication of effort, so what did they do? They set up two committees to look into duplication and neither knew what the other was up to. It really is a world beyond parody.

As in the past, search committees and interested officials from other programs with openings for a head basketball coach have initiated contact. I'm flattered with the interest and the recognition of the outstanding season we had this year. With that success, comes attention and speculation that I cannot control. I have not scheduled any interviews with any other institutions.

That the DOD appropriations legislation has been stuck at this 2.3 percent suggests a conscious, not a random, pattern. Could it be that the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have settled on a fixed percentage for their pork?

Your committees need to reject this desperate attempt to revive this barely effective drug.

This is further good news for the expansion of the funds sector in Jersey, which the States has been keen to encourage through regulatory changes and the Economic Development Committees emphasis on attracting more hedge fund activity to the island.

After talking to the different school committees and studying their responses, we feel we can't endorse any one school over all the others.

In our auditions, the candidates and committees are fairly equally divided between male and female. Whoever plays the best that's who gets the job.

I've had good results working with David on committees and on things that need to be passed. David is a man who in my opinion listens to what the people have to say, and he thinks about what's got to be done.

Student committees are constantly changing and losing relationships, which makes it hard for them to get good deals. I think it's really gonna work.

The beautiful thing about this is that it's an unbiased survey. We invited people from all sides of issues to work together in committees to define concerns and decide together what facts went into it. And it is a work in progress. This is just the beginning.

No matter what level of corruption the members of Congress engage in, the ethics committees do nothing. It's a national embarrassment.

No more back-door tenders. No more closed-door meetings. We are going to open all portfolio committees, executive committees and council meetings to the media and the public.

Dave gives generously of his time, serving on a number of committees and boards to improve the cattle industry and environment. Dave shows others how to farm in an environmentally friendly way.

Congressional committees used to have to build a substantial case of presidential involvement in wrongdoing before they could get much leverage on the White House. With Ken Starr's legacy, congressional committees will have a strong club with which to beat the president.

The intelligence community goes around the authorizing committees because they don't have control over the money. You need a subcommittee that focuses exclusively on intelligence to have robust oversight.

The Farm Bill should be written by the United States Congress and an extension is not required for the purposes of the WTO. I think it's very important that the House and Senate committees proceed with that plan to produce a 2007 Farm Bill.

It's important to get fresh ideas and fresh blood into these committees across the board.

In terms of the environment, the two organizing committees are taking forward a green torch first lit at Lillehammer, Norway in 1994,

I help her by not getting in her way. She has done lot of things she hadn't done before, taken a lot of trips. She had spoken on the steps of the Capitol and before one of the House committees in Washington.

In the 10 years, we've testified in over 50 committees. I'm not sure there are many other efforts that have had that many committees to deal with.

I didn't stay out of politics. I served on committees but after awhile...I guess it was just time for me to come back.

Gary stood by his principles, and he's going to continue to stand by his principles. And if they take his committees away, they take his committees away,

Committees do harm merely by existing.

What worthwhile book after the Pentateuch has been written by a committee?

You will see a similar pattern among all business groups. The majority of members of the major committees are now Republican, and certainly the key leaders are.

The elected leadership is important, but the lifeblood of the House runs through the committees and their members.

The focus of the report is not the CEOs themselves but the bad decisions of the compensation committees that are not paying CEOs for performance.

The optimum committee has no members.

It is well known that the Nobel Committees bring world opinion to a focus, and that fact still further enhances the prestige attaching to the Prizes.