Institutions Quotes

Human cultures construct an enormous variety of environments through language, technology, and institutions. We are born in and die in these systems of symbols and imagination.

I’ve noticed that whenever institutions claim to be confident of anything it means the complete opposite.

In effect, the poor person is a rich person left to fend for him or herself, without the support of institutions that help the person to take 'good' decisions.

From our primary schools to secondary schools, to tertiary institutions, there must be a mass campaign to educate our people in the value of labour.

An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.

And what were the rules at St. Cloud's? What were Larch's rules? Which rules did Dr. Larch observe, which ones did he break, or replace--and with what confidence?

Countries, states, cities, corporations and laws are all words on paper.

The ideal committee is one with me as chairman and two other members in bed with flu.

If Moses had been a committee the Israelites would still be in Egypt.

A committee of one gets things done.

A camel is a horse designed by a committee.

If Columbus had had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.

I do not care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.

What is a committee? A group of the unwilling picked from the unfit to do the unnecessary.