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Committees Quotes

Committees promise collaboration but often deliver something slower and more political. These quotes describe boards and commissions that drain time and money, a system where committee placement becomes a tool of control, an artist's blunt frustration with group decision-making, and a comparison between acting auditions and academic dissertation committees. Together they capture both the necessity and the friction of group process.

Frustration with slow process runs through these quotes, much like the tension explored in Effort quotes.

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

Quotes by Walter Legge

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.

Quotes by Serge Lang

You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own.

Quotes by Rupert Murdoch

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...

Quotes by Rory Bremner

Advisory Quotes

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.

Quotes by Robert Robinson

I hated teaching composition. I was playing music I didn't particularly want to play, being on committees I didn't want to be on.

Quotes by Richard Rodney Bennett

When people are making up stories about Bob Mueller on Fox News and those get traction in congressional committees and in the White House, at a certain point, I've got to say no.

Quotes by Richard Painter

Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make.

Quotes by Mitch Daniels

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.

Quotes by Milos Forman

Attention Quotes

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.

Quotes by Mayim Bialik

As the U.S. prison population has surged over the decades, the legal profession's distaste for former inmates has become more conspicuous. And it isn't only law. Medical schools often have committees to evaluate cases and mitigating factors but are generally...

Quotes by Mary Pilon

I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a...

Quotes by Mark Shields

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.

Quotes by John Carney

A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit.

Quotes by Herman Kahn

Effort Quotes

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...

Quotes by Heidi Hayes Jacobs

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.

Quotes by Hans Frank

As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional.

Quotes by Gavin Newsom

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

Quotes by Fay Weldon

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.

Quotes by Ernest Walton

Good Quotes

Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees. Committees can criticize advertisements, but they should never be allowed to create them.

Quotes by David Ogilvy

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does one artist say about committees being useless?
They state plainly that in the arts, committees are useless, reflecting frustration with group decision-making slowing down or diluting creative work.
How do these quotes criticize the growth of advisory committees?
One quote describes hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees as weeds choking out growth and good government, arguing they devour time, money, and energy.
What does one quote suggest about committees being used for control?
It describes a system where every person belongs to some committee, allowing placed watchdogs to monitor and control what people say or think, a critique of committees as a tool of oversight rather than collaboration.
How does one quote compare acting auditions to academic committees?
It compares actors to professors on dissertation committees, noting both involve a lot of ego and rallying for position, with real stakes riding on every interaction.
Where can I read more about institutional process and bureaucracy?
Explore the Advisory quotes collection for more on boards, committees, and process.

See more on institutional life in Advisory quotes, or explore focus and attention in Attention quotes.