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Cynical Definitions

n. A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

n. A group of the unwilling, chosen by the unfit, to do the unnecessary.

n. An organism with six or more legs and no brain.

n. A group of people who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done.

Cynical Quotations

If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.

— Arthur Goldberg

There is no monument dedicated to the memory of a committee.

— Lester J. Pourciau

Socrates was killed by a committee, so committees are not totally useless.

— John Alejandro King

A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.

— Sir Barnett Cocks

To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.

— Robert Copeland

A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members.

— David Coblitz