Standing Committee

Famous quotes containing the words standing and/or committee:

“Mars and Venus are at it again. This time, Hephaestus is standing by with a private detective, a photographer, and a lawyer.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“What are men celebrating? They are all on a committee of arrangements, and hourly expect a speech from somebody. God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)