How my film career happened, I don't know. It was unplanned. I'd been in films and TV throughout the Sixties and early Seventies, but it was really 'The Naked Civil Servant' in 1975 that put me on the radar. Votes: 3
A civil servant doesn't make jokes. Votes: 1
It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant. Votes: 1
You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant. Votes: 1
Richard Kerry not only was a pilot in World War II, but was a civil servant. He did not come from money. Votes: 1
My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative Labour, dealing with employment and unemployment issues. Votes: 1
My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That's what I mean by respectability. Votes: 1
I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant. Votes: 1
My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck. Votes: 1
As a civil servant in charge of the government's Strategy Unit, I brought in many people from outside government, including academia and science, to work in the unit, dissecting and solving complex problems from GM crops to alcohol, nuclear proliferation to schools reform. Votes: 1
When I was 19, I thought I wanted to be an English civil servant. It was the most exotic thing at the time - can you imagine, in the middle of the IRA bombing campaigns? I saw an ad inviting Irish applicants for an induction course, so I signed up. Votes: 1
In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry 'Native passes' issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required to show that pass to any white policeman, civil servant, or employer. Failure to do so could mean arrest, trial, a jail sentence or fine. Votes: 1
I'm a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates. Votes: 0
The civil servant is primarily the master of the short-term solution. Votes: 0
In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.' Votes: 0
A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it. Votes: 0
Britain has invented a new missile. It's called the civil servant - it doesn't work and it can't be fired. Votes: 0
Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology. Votes: 0
Not only had he lost the only girl he'd ever loved, he'd lost her in duplicate, like some heartbroken but highly efficient civil servant. Votes: 0
My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative Labour, dealing with employment and unemployment issues Votes: 0
It is essential for men of science to take an interest in the administration of their own affairs or else the professional civil servant will step in - and then the Lord help you. Votes: 0
The priest is not and must not be a civil servant of the Church. Above all the priest is a man who lives for the spirit for God. This being the case the Seminary is the place where he learns 'to be with Him.'
Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them. Votes: 4 Mary Frances Berry
La guerra civil no da gloria Votes: 3 Marqués de Bonchamps
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy. Votes: 6 Mahatma Gandhi