Mariana Measure For Measure Quotes

desperate times call for desperate measures

For this new-married man approaching here, Whose salt imagination yet hath wrong'd Your well defended honour, you must pardon For Mariana's sake: but as he adjudged your brother,-- Being criminal, in double violation Of sacred chastity and of promise-breach Thereon dependent, for your brother's life,-- The very mercy of the law cries out Most audible, even from his proper tongue, 'An Angelo for Claudio, death for death!' Haste still pays haste, and leisure answers leisure; Like doth quit like, and MEASURE still FOR MEASURE

good looks weren’t exactly the best scale of measurement for an individual’s mental health.

It’s not easy to feel good about yourself when you are constantly being told you’re rubbish and/or part of the problem. That’s often the situation for people working in the public sector, whether these be nurses, civil servants or teachers. The static metrics used to measure the contribution of the public sector, and the influence of Public Choice theory on making governments more ‘efficient’, has convinced many civil-sector workers they are second-best. It’s enough to depress any bureaucrat and induce him or her to get up, leave and join the private sector, where there is often more money to be made. So public actors are forced to emulate private ones, with their almost exclusive interest in projects with fast paybacks. After all, price determines value. You, the civil servant, won’t dare to propose that your agency could take charge, bring a helpful long-term perspective to a problem, consider all sides of an issue (not just profitability), spend the necessary funds (borrow if required) and – whisper it softly – add public value. You leave the big ideas to the private sector which you are told to simply ‘facilitate’ and enable. And when Apple or whichever private company makes billions of dollars for shareholders and many millions for top executives, you probably won’t think that these gains actually come largely from leveraging the work done by others – whether these be government agencies, not-for-profit institutions, or achievements fought for by civil society organizations including trade unions that have been critical for fighting for workers’ training programmes.

Yeah, I got it.” For good measure, I smiled. “Cutie.” “Ritz,” he groaned, but I could tell by the look in his eye he didn’t care. “Just kidding.” Taking my hand off his leg, I cut a neat triangle out of my blueberry pancakes before muttering under my breath, “Not really.” That got a snort out of him.

She nodded, but her expression slowly turned funny. “Before I forget, why didn’t you tell me about Tall, Silver, and Handsome?” I burst out laughing. “He is handsome, huh?” She whispered, “How old is he?” “I think early forties.” Yuki whistled. “What is he? Six-four? Two-forty?” “Why are you so creepy? You’re always measuring people.” “I have to when we’re hiring bodyguards. Bigger isn’t always better… but most of the time it is.” It was my turn to wiggle my eyebrows at her. “I wish. I mess with him all the time, and I don’t think he likes me much unless he’s in a good mood.” My friend frowned. “How could he not like you? If I was sexually attracted to women, I would be attracted to you.” “You say the nicest things, Yu.” She lifted her eyebrows. “It’s true. 

Then again, Jeffrey Dahmer had been attractive, so good looks weren’t exactly the best scale of measurement for an individual’s mental health.

Daddy could be rather difficult, at times, and he hadn’t yet found any young man who measured up to his exacting standards. The best thing, I’d found, was simply not to introduce them to him. It saved a lot of bother, all around.