These are definitely worth it. E. G. "When you take power, you think the point is to have smart ideas. When you
leave, all your praise is for the rare officials who just know how to get things done."
Reposted from Giles Wilkes
on Twitter I once put together a thread of policy sayings; it got picked up in Whitehall and made some part of a course.
www.civilservant.org.uk/library/Wilk...
H/t to a new Flint colleague, a new one:

If you find yourself the only spad on an issue, this is probably because the issue sucks

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