I don't believe a committee can write a book . . . . It can, oh, govern a country, perhaps, but I don't believe it can write a book.
Source: On NBC TV, 17 Apr 1955.
-- Arnold (Joseph) Toynbee, (Apr 14 1889-1975), English historian; He was professor of modern Greek and Byzantine history; wrote the multi-volume Study of History, 1933-61.