In an email reply,

“Local authorities are also tasked with supporting and challenging schools in delivering the Government’s reform agenda and ensuring that progress on remodelling the workforce is sustained and deepened through the effective deployment of teachers, headteachers and support staff.”

Is this even English

I come across this little ditty of a quote from the BBC which appeared in the latest issue of Private Eye. You have to read it several times and you still don’t know what it’s about. Believe it or not it is a job description for someone to deal with booking taxis and couriers.

“Procurement is targeted with delivering savings on generic goods and services pan BBC through a comprehensive category management initiative and driving compliance. The Category Manager-Logistics-Ground Transport is responsible to the Head of Production and Logistics and Senior Category Manager, Logistics for:

Developing a strategy for the procurement and development of a supplier strategy for the BBC’s ground transport provision.

Managing the resources needed to procure and develop the ground transport aspect of the Logistics Category.

Influencing key stakeholders and customers pan-BBC……

Competencies:

Using external thinking-builds bridges with useful organisations and innovative thinkers.

Collaborating across boundaries-challenges systems, processes and people that block collaboration.

Leading creativity-fosters imagination, creativity and experimentation.”

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it”. Aristotle.

I will share them from time to time, and hope they help you as much as they help me.

Every day

from day to day

everyday

I said every day already…….. did I???

But everyday to day to day…..today, and other days. You can choos a day.
Here is the quote!

To me, it's a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when
you walk around.  That way, if anybody says, "Hey, can you give me a
hand?"  You can say, "Sorry, got these sacks."
                                                  (Jack Handey)

Have a wonderfull evening!

Belief that one’s spirit lives on – in a form which as yet, despite all the theories advanced and blood shed to date, no-one has ever established as definitive – makes life and its vicissitudes much easier to bear. Unfortunately, one cannot make oneself believe in anything, whether it be the existence of God or the infallibility of Professor Dawkins, to give but two  contemporary examples. Belief either arrives, or it doesn’t. Sometimes it arrives – then goes away again. One can go through long spells playing hide-and-seek with belief. So what to do, as life rolls on in its inevitable way?

Whilst trawling through some sites the other night, I came across some guiding wisdom from that wise, Stoical and only mildly cynical ancient Roman, Marcus Aurelius.

(26 April 121 – 17 March 180)

Marcus Aurelius in bronze: The Louvre, Paris

“Ah” I thought. ” Time to post a quote. I should share this prescription with my increasing band of readers, especially those who seem to love the Favourite Quotes theme on this site.”

Read, enjoy – and comment!

” Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. I am not afraid. “

Marcus Aurelius

found at

http://bluelyon.wordpress.com/quotations/

First off you need to change.
…………………….Then you need to change some more!
……………………………………Then you need to change again,
……………………………………………….and only after that, you can change some more!
(The Fritz)

Hello Internet,

Tell me your favourite quotes.

“Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, “you owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.” -Hafiz

Z x

“Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it. “
Noam Chomsky

Prima oara vazut – foarte bun, a 2-a oara vazut – tot pe acolo. Cel mai mult mi-a placut sa o re-vad pe the lovely Natalie Portman in “actiune”. Btw in legatura cu filmul: gripa porcina anyone ? Prea mult imi plac conspiratiile.

Favourite Quotes din film:

- “Remember, remember the 5th of November, the gun powder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.”

- “Beneath this mask there is more than flash, beneath this mask there is an idea mr. creedy, and ideas are bullet proof “

Trailer:

Info: Cinemarx.ro (nota 8/10), IMDB.com (nota 8,2/10)

Torrent name: V.for.Vendetta.2005.720p.HDDVD.x264-ESiR.mkv

“The example of a successful elected Marxist government in Chile would surly have an impact-and even precedent value for-other parts of the world, especially in Italy; the imitative spread of similar phenomena elsewhere would in turn significantly affect the world balance and our own position in it”

“Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.”/Buddha

“All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else. “/Buddha

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. “/Buddha

“Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.”/Buddha

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”/Buddha

“The measure of a man is not the number of his servants, but the number of people he serves.”/Paul D. Moody

“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”/Dalai Lama

“This is your world. Shape it or someone else will.”/Gary Lew

“If one does not know to which port is sailing, no wind is favorable.”/Seneca

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”/Tom Peters

“The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.”/Tom Bodett

“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.”/Malcolm X

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”/Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.”/Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“If you move boldly in the direction of your goals, unseen forces will come to your aid.”/Brian Tracy

“It is not length of life, but depth of life. “/Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A great man is always willing to be little.”/Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.”/Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.”/Ralph Waldo Emerson

“He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.”/Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”/Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”/Ralph Waldo Emerson

“An empty stomach is not a good political adviser. “/Albert Einstein

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”/Albert Einstein

“We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey. “/Steven Covey

“We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals. “/Steven Covey

“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”/Mother Teresa

“Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.”/Mother Teresa

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. “/Mother Teresa

“Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home. “/Mother Teresa

“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. “/Mother Teresa

“There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.”/Mother Teresa

“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty. “/Mother Teresa

Talking about US policy in Nicaragua:
“The United States did not want to control Nicaragua or other nations in the region, but it also didn't want developments to get out of control. It wanted Nicaraguans to act independently, except when doing so would affect US interests adversely.”

“The fact that a person who committed an act which constitutes a crime under international law acted as a Head of State or responsible Government official does not relieve him from responsibility under international law.”

The choice facing the world is “stark and dreadful and inescapable: shall we put an end to the human race; or shall mankind renounce war?”

On the introduction of 'capitalism' to Russia,
“Only a blitzkrieg approach during the 'window of opportunity' provided by the 'fog of transition' would get the changes made before the population had a chance to organise to protect it previous vested interests.”

“The Arab and Kurd now know what real bombing means in casualties and damage. Within forty-five minutes a full-size village can be practically wiped out and a third of its inhabitants killed or injured.”

'It's not good for us, but it keeps the New Orleans brand out there.'

I've been to Africa three times. All right? You can't bring Western reasoning into the culture. The same way you can't bring it into fundamental Islam.

“I just wish Katrina had only hit the United Nations building, nothing else, just had flooded them out, and I wouldn't have rescued them.”

Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only then you will find that money cannot be eaten.

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.