Church Quote by Mark Twain

To kill time, a committee meeting is the perfect weapon

— Mark Twain

If we could imagine such a man, that is a man who could invent the fly and send him out on his mission and…

— Mark Twain

Committees are to get everybody together and homogenize their thinking.

— Art Linkletter

As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee - the chief tax-writing body in Congress - I understand that true comprehensive tax reform…

— Kevin Brady

I believe in a running back by committee. Always have. Always been taught that way.

— John Dorsey

As you know in this committee, we have all of HUD, and HUD is responsible for so many programs that determine the quality of…

— Maxine Waters

Some people advocate public nomination and a three-track system - allowing voters and political parties to make nominations along with the committee. These people…

— Carrie Lam

I was sent there by the Free Congress Committee, headed by Paul Weyrich. Fred Smith and I were sent down as observers, with reporters'…

— Dixie Lee Ray

One of the great joys this year and the year before has been how all of the people in this body, men and women,…

— Robin Hayes

If the many allegations made to this date are true, then the burglars who broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at…

— Sam Ervin

Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground mush.

— Betsy DeVos

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the thing, otherwise the world will not believe. That is…

— Anthony Trollope