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If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.

Dave Barry

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Those who are unable to learn from past meetings are condemned to repeat them.

McKernan's Maxim

Murphy’s Laws Meetings

The length of any meeting is inversely proportional to the length of the agenda for that meeting.

McLaughlin's Law (see Parson's Third Law)

Murphy’s Laws Time Meetings

Meetings are a great trap; however, they are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything.

John Kenneth Galbraith

(1908 – 2006) Canadian-American economist

Work Meetings

The length of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.

Shanahan's Law

Murphy’s Laws Meetings

A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.

Gourd's Axiom

Murphy’s Laws Time Meetings

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

George Will

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

Football Sports Meetings Violence

The usefulness of any meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance.

Kirkland's Law

Murphy’s Laws People Situations Attendance Meetings Usefullness

Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate.

Dave Barry

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Activities People Sex Masturbation Meetings Organizations

Our meetings are held to discuss many problems which would never arise if we held fewer meetings.

Ashleigh Brilliant

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

Places Problems Meetings

The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

Law of Triviality

Murphy’s Laws Time Meetings

He who shouts loudest has the floor.

Swipple's Rule of Order

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech Meetings Shouting

If you have enough meetings over a long enough period of time, the meetings become more important than the problem the meetings were intended to solve.

Hendrickson’s Law

Murphy’s Laws (E. R. Hendrickson) Meetings

A motion to adjourn is always in order.

Parker's Rule of Parliamentary Procedure

Murphy’s Laws Meetings

A meeting lasts at least 1 1/2 hours, however short the agenda.

Parson's Third Law

Murphy’s Laws Time Agendas Meetings

The only important result of a meeting is agreement about next steps.

Wolf's Law of Meetings

Murphy’s Laws Meetings

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Keyword: Meetings

If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.

Those who are unable to learn from past meetings are condemned to repeat them.

The length of any meeting is inversely proportional to the length of the agenda for that meeting.

Meetings are a great trap; however, they are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything.

The length of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.

A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

The usefulness of any meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance.

Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate.

Our meetings are held to discuss many problems which would never arise if we held fewer meetings.

The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

He who shouts loudest has the floor.

If you have enough meetings over a long enough period of time, the meetings become more important than the problem the meetings were intended to solve.

A motion to adjourn is always in order.

A meeting lasts at least 1 1/2 hours, however short the agenda.

The only important result of a meeting is agreement about next steps.