“Leonard Woolf was two years older than Virginia, whom he had first met in 1901 in the rooms of her brother Thoby… — Jane Goldman Copy Share Image
The Civil Service is a bit like a rusty weathercock. It moves with opinion then it stays where it is until another… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we… — Honor Blackman Copy Share Image
“There was a fellow called Smiley married Ann Sercomb, Lord Sawley’s cousin. Damned pretty girl, Ann was, and went and married this… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“First, relax. ... And my second helpful hint is that you should not try to memorize anything you read in this book.… — Frank Smith Copy Share Image
“Living through the Blitz, edited by MO’s Tom Harrisson, makes clear just how much the ‘1945’ we now consume is a construct,… — Owen Hatherley Copy Share Image
One point in my public life: I did all I could for the reform of the civil service, for the building up… — Rutherford Birchard Hayes Copy Share Image
So long as the Constitution is not amended beyond recognition, so long as elections are held regularly and fairly and the ethos… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
I went to work for the Civil Service. I'd wanted to work for the Ministry of Defence because I had some far-fetched… — Paul O'Grady Copy Share Image
There can be no complete and permanent reform of the civil service until public opinion emancipates congressmen from all control and influence… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
There has been corruption in the Belgian civil service and at government level for decades. The Royal family do what they can… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
By the time the civil service has finished drafting a document to give effect to the principle, there may be little of… — John Reith, 1st Baron Reith Copy Share Image
The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“I consider myself a “social ecologist,” concerned with man’s man-made environment the way the natural ecologist studies the biological environment.....the discipline itself… — Peter F. Drucker Copy Share Image
“Davie's hostility to sectarianism, and to religious 'fanaticism', was perhaps part of his appeal. He acknowledged the legacy of Calvinism in his… — Robert D. Anderson Copy Share Image
Dictators, unlike Democrats, depend on a small coterie to sustain their power. These backers, generally drawn from the military, the senior civil… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
When I came back into show business in '88 after spending 20-odd years in the civil service, it wasn't planned. — Pete Best Copy Share Image
It's all papers and forms, the entire Civil Service is like a fortress made of papers, forms and red tape. — Alexander Ostrovsky Copy Share Image
I respect the Forces... but civil services also have a contribution to make. They are there to bridge administration with Forces. They… — Nirmala Sitharaman Copy Share Image
The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
“these fond parents were not blind to the value of education it was that they realized only its external value. That is… — Ivan Goncharov Copy Share Image
“Goodwill has something in common with each of these categories of love, because goodwill is by definition a love for usefulness of… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
It is our job to work for the government of the day and so that means working for Gordon Brown as Prime… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have worked in the federal government and saw the debilitating effects of our antiquated civil service system on morale and results. — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
