Conferences Quote by Fredrik Bajer

The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to…

— Fredrik Bajer

Peace congresses often start by dealing with some of the less important questions in excessive detail, so at the end there is no time…

— Fredrik Bajer

Peace can be agreed around the conference table, but unless it grows in ordinary hearts and minds, it does not last. It may not…

— Jonathan Sacks

Politics is quite draining. There are so many heated discussions and press conferences to cover during a convention.

— Megan Alexander

Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

I believe that meetings at the top level in a relatively informal atmosphere are always useful, and there is reason to hope that we…

— Vladimir Putin

The peace conference must not adjourn without the establishment of some ordered system of international government, backed by power enough to give authority to…

— Virginia Gildersleeve

Every discussion in a meeting has a diminishing curve of interest. The longer the discussion goes on, the fewer people will be interested in…

— Mark McCormack

The interparliamentary conference should, in my opinion, direct its particular attention to the preparation of the next Hague Conference, the diplomatic conference, the conference…

— Fredrik Bajer

An advantage that the Hague Conferences lack, in contrast to the peace associations and the Interparliamentary Union, is a bureau.

— Fredrik Bajer

I find most meetings are a waste of time, because they are so ill-prepared and there's little opportunity for true synergy in producing better…

— Stephen Covey

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