If the word “committee” were an acronym, the two “T”s would stand for time travel. How else can a group waste so much time unless they feel they can always go back and retrieve it?

Two heads are better than one because the more people that get involved, the easier it is to reach an agreement. This is why committees are so efficient.

It is a building designed by committee: all they have been able to agree on is that it should be rectangular, have windows, and not fall over.

Committees kill unconventional ideas for a living.

Let’s form a committee tasked with exploring why committees are so ineffective. Then we’ll stand-back and watch it argue and self-destruct.