#servant

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman. ↗

— William Congreve

#education #enough #gentleman #little #pedantic

Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it. ↗

— Edna O'Brien

#comes #i #i am #i can #recollection

Civil servants are fully aware of the challenges the British economy faces. They are, after all, working tirelessly and professionally to support the coalition government through the current challenges, every day, and in every part of Britain. ↗

— Gus O'Donnell

#aware #britain #british #challenges #civil

There are too many countries where the values we take for granted in our civil servants simply do not exist. Seeing these values in action, applied with dedication by hardworking individuals, makes me proud to lead a service that is making life better for millions across Britain. ↗

— Gus O'Donnell

#action #applied #better #britain #civil

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business. ↗

— Theodore Parker

#excessive #him #himself #his #make

Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that. ↗

— Mary Pickford

#cry #emotional #exercise #forgotten #go

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#five #fully #keeping #live #middle-aged

If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters. ↗

— E. F. Schumacher

#economic #good #however #masters #servants

If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#deaf #master #servant #sometimes #you

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#like #servant #serve #would #you