Committees Quotes · Page 4

[The] men of the technostructure are the new and universal priesthood. Their religion is business success; their test of virtue is growth…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

As the Ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, I have been briefed since 2003 on a highly classified NSA foreign collection…

— Jane Harman

What is... disturbing to me is that many of these pro-Israeli lawmakers sit on the House International Relations Committee despite the obvious…

— Cynthia McKinney

First of all, let it be remembered that I speak as an ex-Communist and one who has not testified before Congressional Committees,…

— Dorothy Day

I had met [Donald] Trump once before, when he testified before a committee that Tom Coburn - Senator Coburn - and I…

— Jeff Sessions

When people are going on to the next plateau of whatever this thing is called life, I also want them to breathe…

— Erykah Badu

Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee to change the constitution [of…

— Nawal El Saadawi

I do not have any official responsibilities related to the Australian Olympic Committee or the Federation of Athletic Associations since I am…

— Cathy Freeman

I spent a lot of time studying our Founders and people like Samuel Adams and the original Tea Party. What Adams and…

— Nat Hentoff

I condemn the entry of a Russian so-called humanitarian convoy into Ukrainian territory without the consent of the Ukrainian authorities and without…

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as…

— Anita Hill

I only knew a few people, literally a handful of people, al of whom had been in the Party long before I…

— Edward Dmytryk

There's a host of difficult issues here, and that's why when you mentioned at the top of the show that the committees…

— Angus King

Something the committee had not done in 50 years. Jeff Sessions is now the Chairman of the Committee that rejected him.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

A camel is a horse designed by a committee and a committee's a sweet running piece of machinery compared to any government.

— Gordon R. Dickson

I and others on FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with selection of South Africa as host nation.

— Bryan Swanson

The more committees you belong to, the less of ordinary life you will understand. When your daily round becomes nothing more than…

— Stella Benson

These diagnostic profiles like depression, ADHD, autism, dyslexia, it's half science and the other half is a committee of doctors bickering over…

— Temple Grandin

Make something happen today, before you go home, before the end of the week. Launch that idea, post that post, run that…

— Seth Godin

And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions…

— Bernard Cornwell

There are two pieces of legislation that are related. There's the Communal Land Rights Bill. Then there is the legislation that was…

— Thabo Mbeki

I want to talk to a nation, not to a select committee.

— Joseph Pulitzer

We had people coming to our Foreign Relations Committee and saying, "Oh, we need to arm the allies of Al Qaida." They…

— Rand Paul

He [Belafonte] was a good teacher and looked after me. He said, 'You have such great talent, you must try not to…

— Miriam Makeba

Most films go out like skydivers who have had their chutes packed by a committee of blind schizophrenics.

— William Monahan