Advisory Quotes:

Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make.

- Mitch Daniels

topic: Weed, Real, Years, Advisory

That text-books be permitted in Catholic schools such as will not offend the religious views of the minority, and which from an educational standpoint shall be satisfactory to the advisory board.

- Charles Tupper

topic: Religious, Educational, Book, Standpoint, Catholic School

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

- Arthur Goldberg

topic: Government, Docks, Columbus, Advisory

There are so many ways to help, by either sharing your skills or expertise, joining our board of directors or advisory boards, and donating. Regardless of what or how you share with ISF, we recognize that we don't have all the answers, and that solutions lie not in commonality but in diversity. Welcoming a broad range of thinkers, creators, and doers is what makes this organization thrive.

- Ian Somerhalder

source: Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

topic: Lying, Skills, Organization, Board Of Directors, Commonality

Also, the Federal Advisory Committee should be enlarged and reorganized. Members should be chosen for the broadest possible representation of the public interest, their main qualification: ability.

- Wright Patman

topic: Politics, Economy, Should, Advisory

We had a very good number of mayors participate this year. All the mayors rode out with regular volunteers as well as members of our advisory council and our board members.

- Amy Jackson

topic: Years, Numbers, Volunteer, Advisory, Board Members

My group, the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, was one of the principle organizers. So, there was this campaign to support the United Nations General Assembly in asking the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion on the legality of threat or use of nuclear weapons.

- John Burroughs

topic: Justice, Support, Principles, Judicial Branch, Advisory

Because judges may not issue advisory opinions, judicial nominees may not do so either, especially on issues likely to come before the court. That rule has always been honored.

- Orrin Hatch

source: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

topic: Advisory

What we have done, I think, is build a model from a lot of hard lessons in Afghanistan and Iraq but in other places around the world, where we are working with them in an advisory capacity.

- Barack Obama

source: Source: abcnews.go.com

topic: Thinking, Iraq, Done, Advisory, Hard Lessons

All experts on WHO advisory groups for developing norms, standards and guidelines are required to disclose interests regarding the advisory committee's area of work. If a declared interest is potentially significant, then the expert is either excluded from the meeting or given a restricted role.

- Margaret Chan

topic: Groups, Experts, Roles, Advisory

What if Barack Obama established a Presidential Advisory Committee that would meet once every couple of months, bringing together the former presidents for a conference in order to seek their collective wisdom? There is a wealth of experience in former presidents that generally goes untapped.

- Tony Campolo

source: "The Making of a Better President" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 31, 2011.

topic: Couple, Order, Presidential, Collective Wisdom, Advisory

In high school, I was on the youth advisory council for the Mayor's Office of Los Angeles, and that was kind of my first experience in the bureaucratic system. We tried to get things done, and nobody was really interested in getting anything done.

- Rashida Jones

topic: School, Office, Done, Advisory

And this - this board was - was impanelled in 1951. And it's gone through ups and downs in how the secretaries have used it. But I have put a premium on that advisory board.

- Chuck Hagel

topic: Military, Boards, Gone, Advisory

Somebody like me - I am a member of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change, we've been at this for several years now. To have somebody like the Prince of Wales talk about something [like climate changes] elevates that conversation to a much higher level.

- Chris Barrie

source: Source: www.abc.net.au

topic: Military, Years, Climate, Advisory

Once scouting fully opens its doors to all who desire the same experience that so fully enriched me as a young person, I will be happy to reconsider a role on the advisory board.

- Steven Spielberg

source: "Spielberg: Boy Scouts discriminate". www.cnn.com. April 24, 2001.

topic: Doors, Desire, Boards, Advisory

In 2007, Stanford Business School Advisory committee asserted that self awareness was the most important attribute a leader should develop. The challenge for the modern entrepreneur is to take that path.

- Kevin Kelly

topic: School, Self, Entrepreneur, Advisory, Stanford

I have a friend, a pastor, who applied with me and 419 other people for 25 seats on a special advisory board. Though I believed she was infinitely more qualified than me, she wasn't selected and I was. When I saw her at her church weeks later, I asked her how she felt about the decision. While disappointment, self-doubt and defeat would have been normal reactions to the Board's decision, my friend said she felt great. 'How come?' I asked. She said with a smile, 'I just figured God had something better in store for me.'

- Jack Canfield

topic: Disappointment, Self, People, Advisory

Experience conclusively shows that index-fund buyers are likely to obtain results exceeding those of the typical fund manager, whose large advisory fees and substantial portfolio turnover tend to reduce investment yields. Many people will find the guarantee of playing the stock-market game at par every round a very attractive one. The index fund is a sensible, serviceable method for obtaining the market's rate of return with absolutely no effort and minimal expense.

- Burton Malkiel

topic: Yield, Games, People, Index Funds, Advisory

I played more of an advisory role with Public Enemy. I really trusted them to make the music that they wanted to make, and the way The Bomb Squad worked with the... they created their whole own world of music.

- Rick Rubin

source: "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Squad, Enemy, World, Public Enemies, Advisory

I'm on the advisory board of Alex's Lemonade Stand, which is a children's cancer charity. I'm so proud to be on that and help them.

- Kirsten Vangsness

topic: Children, Cancer, Boards, Advisory

I am honored to be both an active surrogate and a member of the RNC's Hispanic advisory council. The national effort to work seamlessly with our state parties has improved our landscape and chances with Latino voters, not just in San Diego but across the country.

- Rosario Marin

topic: Country, Party, Opportunity, Surrogates, Advisory

If small groups are included in the decision-making process, then they should be allowed to make decisions. If an organization sets up teams and then uses them for purely advisory purposes, it loses the true advantage that a team has: namely, collective wisdom.

- James Surowiecki

topic: Team, Organization, Decision, Decision Making Process, Small Groups

If bloggers are to improve our public discourse - helping busy and usually uninformed people make sense of the world - it is necessary to use some sort of standard with which to judge their reliability. Perhaps the answer (strictly advisory) is a body of their peers. Perhaps not.

- Eric Alterman

topic: People, Judging, Peers, Uninformed, Public Discourse