Being nice to people at work is like being nice to people on the roads; everyone likes you but you don't get anywhere.

A shoal of a million fish might not be able to write Romeo and Juliet but they can change direction as one in the blink of an eye. Using language a human team …

Singing is what you do when you want to make a noise but haven't got anything much to say.

Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been value…

I think that personality is what buoyed me through my whole career. That, and my small stature. Whatever quality it was I had, people have always been protecti…

Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and surmount obstacles. Everything tells me I shall succeed. …

A pinch of notoriety will do.