(A shot from what feels like a lifetime ago, my first Vandigicam meetup on May 12, 2005.)
This quote was sent to me yesterday and made me laugh. Thanks, Mister M! I thought it was very apt, considering I now work for the government.
A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.
– Sir Barnett Cocks (1907-1989), KCB OBE, Clerk of the House of Commons, 1962
While searching for further attribution for this quote, I found these other gems: