committee, n.Definitions

A Committee is the surest way to kill any idea.

A Committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

A Committee is able to get things done only if just one person shows up.

A Committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.

A Committee is a group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary.

A Committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.

The Committee is an implicit argument against monotheism. While it is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise just and omnipotent God, it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of Gods.

A Committee is a group of important individuals who singly can do nothing but who can together agree that nothing can be done.