“The longer one knows people the less relevant it becomes whether or not one liked them initially.”
“I believe we shall come to care about people less and less, Helen. The more people one knows, the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London. I quite expect to end my life caring most for a place.”
“A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.”
“When people have a hard task to do - one which stretches them - they become less concerned with trivial matters.”
“One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.”
“Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes”