Famous quotes containing the words public, affairs and/or committee:
“The public is a hibernating bear, hard to awaken and fond of honey.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“These things do not happen by chance. There is much less luck in public affairs than some suppose.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)
“It is easy to carp at colleges, and the college, if he will wait for it, will have its own turn. Genius exists there also, but will not answer a call of a committee of the House of Commons. It is rare, precious, eccentric, and darkling.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)