Gathering Quote by Anonymous

“A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.”

— Fred Allen

A conference is just an admission that you want somebody to join you in your troubles.

— Will Rogers

To put it another way: a conference is an elite meeting on equal terms; a congress is a group of elites meeting on opposite…

— Malcolm Bradbury

“Conference calls are basically a subset of meetings. They are meetings held over the phone. They are worse than meetings. They are the perfect…

— Sarah Knight

Conferences are really like parties, and an A-list party is one where A-list people are in attendance. You figure out who are the really…

— Tim O'Reilly

A lot of meetings are held to arrange when to have meetings. ... Meetings today are usually called conferences to make them sound more significant.

— Jilly Cooper

I have always said that a conference was held for one reason only, to give everybody a chance to get sore at everybody else.…

— Will Rogers

I believe we are going to move into a situation where the more effective conferences will be smaller, more specialized, more focused, with occasional…

— Maurice Strong

A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing but together can decide that nothing can be done.

— Green Monk

“Conferences are assemblies of people who argue about how to conduct an argument and end by sending a telegram of congratulation to the minister.”

— Pitigrilli

For me, conferences are like little mental vacations: a chance to go visit an interesting place for a couple of days, and come back…

— Erin McKean

Conferences are just like the poor and the Democrats, they will always be with us.

— Will Rogers