#vices

Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphs of psychiatry, social services or the war against crime. Domination of human nature can only mean the domination of every man by himself. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

#chains #control #crime #domination #every

A creative mindset is in increasingly high demand: employers are vying for workers who are able to dream big and deliver big with the next must-have product. Creative thinking fuels innovation, it leads to new goods and services, creates jobs and delivers substantial economic rewards. ↗

— Jim Hunt

#big #creates #creative #deliver #delivers

Advances in technology and in our understanding of illness and disease together with an expanded workforce and greater resources will allow us to provide more services to a higher quality. ↗

— John Hutton

#allow #disease #expanded #greater #higher

Greater personal choice, individually tailored services, stronger local accountability, greater efficiency - these are all central to the new direction of travel we have set for our public services. ↗

— John Hutton

#central #choice #direction #efficiency #greater

My view is that targets, properly constructed and applied across public services have been fundamental to past successes and will be an essential part of sustaining progress into the future. ↗

— John Hutton

#applied #been #constructed #essential #fundamental

Some people argue that we should limit choice in favour of good local services. My response is simple: why should we assume those two concepts are mutually exclusive? ↗

— John Hutton

#assume #choice #concepts #exclusive #favour

The Civil Service is a vital economic asset to the UK - firstly, in the way it creates a framework for excellence in service delivery and secondly, in how it helps organise the best way to deliver modern public services on which both businesses and individuals depend. ↗

— John Hutton

#best #best way #both #businesses #civil

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues. ↗

— Elizabeth Taylor

#generally #going #people #pretty #problem

You asked me how I, being immortal, survive so many deaths. There is no great secret. You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#magnus-bane #page- #death

It's much harder these days as a start-up to do physical devices. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#devices #harder #much #physical #start-up