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

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I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and...

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and...

Television is a triumph of equipment over people and the minds that control it are...

Television is a triumph of equipment over people and the minds that control it are...

Television is a triumph of equipment over people and the minds that control it are...

Television is a triumph of equipment over people and the minds that control it are...

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when...

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when...

When a radio comedian's program is finally finished it slinks down Memory Lane into the...

When a radio comedian's program is finally finished it slinks down Memory Lane into the...

Television is called a medium because anything good on it is rare

Television is called a medium because anything good on it is rare

Television is a device that permits people who haven't anything to do to watch people...

Television is a device that permits people who haven't anything to do to watch people...

An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer.

An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer.

The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on...

The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on...

What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?

What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian...

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian...

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you...

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you...

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.

The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.

Television is the triumph of machine over people.

Television is the triumph of machine over people.

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.

Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.

Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.

The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and...

The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and...

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like...

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like...