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Quote List for Meetings

QuoteAuthor
A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour. Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandi (1917-1984)
He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that. John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Every discussion in a meeting has a diminishing curve of interest. The longer the discussion goes on, the fewer people will be interested in it.Mark McCormack (1930-2003)
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. Naguib Mahfouz
Nothing has really happened until it is written down. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
Men of few words are the best.William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Listening is the missing half of communication.William Ury