Committees Quotes

• 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.

  Ernest Mandel

  Self, Organization, People

  Ernest Mandel (1994). “Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays”, Humanities Press Intl

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• I only knew a few people, literally a handful of people, al of whom had been in the Party long before I was, all of whom were known by the FBI and were known to the Committee.

  Edward Dmytryk

  Party, Long, People

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• In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force.

  Charles Bass

  Deployment, Design, Nuclear Missiles

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• The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is alarming.

  Charles Bass

  Technology, Research, Labs

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• The Intelligence Committee will also examine present counterintelligence programs for the Department of Energy, the National Laboratories, and the Department of Defense.

  Charles Bass

  Energy, Defense, Program

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• I also served on many government committees.

  Leo Baekeland

  Government, Congressional Committees

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• 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 bridge for communicating with them.

  Mark Shields

  Thinking, Bridges, Issues

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• And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Team, Book, Writing

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Katharine Whitehorn

  Inspirational, People, Use

  "Observations". Book by Katharine Whitehorn, 1970.

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• A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.

  Herbert Beerbohm Tree

  Work, Men, Two

  Sir Max Beerbohm, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1924*). “Hebert Beerbohm Tree: some memories of him and of his art collected by Max Beerbohm”

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• 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

  Gavin Newsom

  Art, Support, Range

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• Students of American history will recall that the important place where work gets done in the legislative body, almost without exception, is in the committees, more so than on the floor although sometimes more attention is paid to the floor.

  Paul Sarbanes

  Important, Body, Attention

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• This is no job for a UN committee. It needs the same kind of unwavering dedication and the kinds of people that got us the first nuclear submarine and the first man on the moon.

  Wilson Greatbatch

  Jobs, Moon, Men

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• In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee.

  David Dinkins

  Israel, Support, Black

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• The Appropriations Committee in the Senate is out of control, out of control on spending.

  John Ensign

  Spending, Appropriation, Senate

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• Nothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something

  Bill Sienkiewicz

  Artist, Media, Driven

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• As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I will be participating in several hearings on the startling revelations contained in the report.

  Charles Bass

  House, Hearing, Revelations

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• In the Armed Services Committee, we endeavored to put forth proposals that would help alleviate some of that stress, both for the troops and for their families.

  John M. McHugh

  Stress, Troops, Helping

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• The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a decision given by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

  Charles Tupper

  Government, Law, Decision

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• I became chairman of the inmates committee. Got into a lot of trouble. Was accused of fomenting a riot. Was accused of plotting to kill the warden.

  Clifford Irving

  Inmates, Trouble, Wardens

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• People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

  Thomas Sowell

  Leadership, Teamwork, Live Life

  Thomas Sowell (2006). “Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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• A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Change, Business, Men

  Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard (1909). “The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest”

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

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Change, Business, Organization

  John Kenneth Galbraith (1969). “Ambassador's Journal”

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• I've searched all the parks in all the cities - and found no statues of Committees.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Inspirational, Cities, Parks

  "Trust Or Consequences : Build Trust Today Or Lose Your Market Tomorrow". Book by Al Golin, 2004.

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• If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.

  Arthur Goldberg

  Government, Docks, Columbus

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