Alexandra Petri

There is something about a mortarboard that gives otherwise sane and normal people the overwhelming urge to burden you with advice. Some of them cannot help themselves. They were asked to do it by a committee. But one can only take so many pieces of wisdom before they all start to blur together.

American Journalist

John Reid

There are many ways of encouraging people to make life better other than joining a political party. Politics with a small 'p' isn't just about darkened committee rooms, endless meetings - it is about giving people the right to make decisions about our lives.

British Politician

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself.

American Historian

Andrew Ng

Deep learning is a very capital-intensive area, and it's rare to find a company with both the necessary resources and a company structure where things can get done without having to pass through too many channels and committee meetings.

Chinese Scientist

Anthony Trollope

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the thing, otherwise the world will not believe. That is the meaning of committees. But the real work must always be done by one or two men.

English Author

Herman Kahn

A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit.

American Scientist

Ben Sasse

I'm often asked by search committees for public and private universities to help them think about how to find their next president.

American Politician

Angus King

Somebody said, 'You may be a committee chair.' I don't think so. I don't think anybody would want me that much.

Kevin McCarthy

You can't serve on every committee. But you can know what happened, what the debate was, who said what.

Laurence J. Peter

Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.

Canadian Writer

Committees often make decisions or recommendations, not just discuss issues.

Decision Purpose

Committees are formed for distinct topics, from sports to academics.

Specific Subject

Some committees are temporary, dissolving after their goal is achieved.

Temporary Nature

In business, committees are typically assigned specific tasks like hiring.

Functional Appointment

Committees in businesses often report to higher management or boards.

Hierarchy Involvement

Government committees often have the power to create or change laws.

Regulation Authority

Governmental committees can be influenced by public opinion and lobbying.

Public Influence

 that ultimate decision to the committee and to the cdc i know you're a very busy man but there are two topics that we need to get to there are things that are top of mind for people right now for parents top of mind right now is their kids going back to school you have said that you would like to see of course

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 We knew we had to do something. So over the next few months, we made a committee called Students for a Healthy Oregon, and we set out to end the stigma against mental health. We also wanted to prioritize mental health in schools. With the help of some lobbyists and a few mental health professionals,

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 die their public opinion will prohibit you from ever doing it again it's a dumb to be strong because death alone that says we're here to stay seven of the world's most beloved scientists and astronauts are dead you're not going to influence my recommendation to the committee when we

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 in your dreams, your mind can create limitless scenarios to help you grasp problems and formulate solutions that you may not consider while awake. John Steinbeck called it the committee of sleep, and research has demonstrated the effectiveness of dreaming on problem solving.

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 they don't -- they don't always tell you the truth, you know. There is nothing in their contract, in fact, that makes it to their advantage always, to tell you the truth. And the people I'm talking about are people that like -- they say that they're a member of the committee

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 In short, we're capable of loving more than one person at a time. In fact, you can lie in bed at night and swing from deep feelings of attachment for one person to deep feelings of romantic love for somebody else. It's as if there's a committee meeting going on in your head

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 started a business or you landed in a new role like the highly qualified administrator who couldn't believe they gave her the job once she got there she found out the hiring committee had come directly from a wine function she said

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 But they do have a lake. And people used to come from miles around to swim in the lake. They don't anymore. So the founding fathers said, "We've got some money to spend. What can we build here?" And like most committees,

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 and further exposed the frailties of the globalized world order. In past international crises, most of them economic or geopolitical, there has usually ultimately been a sense of a committee to save the world.

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 and been happy to address them. He had the option to go to congressional committees, and there are mechanisms to do that that are in place, and so he didn't do any of those things. Now, you had said that