Famous quotes containing the words committee and/or man:
“The absence on the panel of anyone who could become pregnant accidentally or discover her salary was five thousand dollars a year less than that of her male counterpart meant there was a hole in the consciousness of the committee that empathy, however welcome, could not entirely fill.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1953)
“To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.”
—Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)