"Filing is concerned with the past; anything you actually need to see again has to do with the future."

-- Katharine Whitehorn

#Past Quotes #Order Quotes #Office Quotes

“I did the Kilimanjaro climb a few years ago, then the six-day trek to Machu Picchu in Peru so this bike ride to raise money for Great Ormond Street seemed like the next big challenge.”
“It is true that I am carrying out various methods of treatment recommended by doctors and dentists in the hope of dying in the remote future in perfect health.”
“Staff has a genius for sitting on its brains and coming up with perfect hindsight.”

Source : "Fictional character: Major Craig". "Tobruk", www.imdb.com. 1967.
“God is not afraid of new things.”
“I don't really want to control anyone, to be honest.”
“The world over - 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?'”
“Anybody who has ever done anything knows that, when you believe, it doesn't matter what other people think. You just have to keep finding a way to align your vision with other people who will receive and accept your vision. And when the time is right, if it is for you, it will show itself, if you believe.”
“People apply for a job, are asked to work for three or four weeks on probation and are then told to go and are replaced by colleagues. There are shops even in the West End [of London] using large numbers of totally unpaid staff on a permanent basis.”

Source : "Column 856". Daily Hansard - Debate, publications.parliament.uk. March 19, 2013.

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