Quotes About Bad Meetings

In a typical work day, you may find yourself in one of the many meetings. Some might go well and others will be the complete opposite. It is difficult to be productive when in a meeting where people are having trouble concentrating, but these quotes from famous authors can help you remain more focused.

"If your mind were ruled by a dictator, he would ban meetings."

-John Irving

-Pablo Picasso

-Eugene Ionesco    “Every conference is like a big stop sign on the highway of life with each meeting only allowing one to go forward or back at most." -Anais Nin "Nothing is so bad that it deserves this kind of attention. Nothing is so good that it should be done at one's own expense. Everything is immortal." -George Santayana

"Good meetings are over before they begin; bad meetings last forever." -Chet Andrews "There is no more hideous sin against our fellow man than a bad meeting." 

-Donald Cap 'The meeting, the times for it, the correct place for it and how damn stupid we were that day when we had to go to them, usually determined whether I was going to be productive or not."-Chris Anderson 

"A conference is like a brutal war between men with weak weapons. It's ugly, merciless and deadly. When the battle has raged for a while, only the corpses are still standing." -Eugene Ionesco

"A conference is a means of hearing others speak and getting paid for it." -Stephen Leacock

Quit Being Boring.

-Noah Lukeman "Meetings are held in order not to change one's mind, but to convince others that one is never wrong." -Eugene Ionesco "If you ever find yourself in a meeting, take notes on what everyone else says. It will save you from having to think or contribute." -Bob Beaudine "Organized lunches and meetings are the nursery schools of communism." -Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.