We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
If you ever live in a country run by a committee, be on the committee.
'Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.
I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives.
If one committee controlled your entire budget, I think you might make some effort to build up personal relationships. I think it is a no-brainer.
And everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything, what this person says or how this person think(s), you know.
This is no job for a UN committee. It needs the same kind of unwavering dedication and the kinds of people that got us the first nuclear submarine and the first man on the moon.
Somebody said, 'You may be a committee chair.' I don't think so. I don't think anybody would want me that much.
Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to.