American Office Quotes

9 quotes from 9 authors

Thinking about the American Office brings together a few voices that span wartime reporting and political critique. One line recalls a paper’s stark account of a Pacific conflict, another questions foreign influence in U.S. elections. For more context, the American Politics and Workplace Culture pages have collections.

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Those officers and men who were immediately under my observation, evinced the greatest gallantry, and I have no doubt that all others…

Oliver Hazard Perry

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In my experience, American office Christmas parties mean that everyone gets a thimbleful of lukewarm Champagne in a plastic cup.

Bari Weiss

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Men," he began his address to the officers, measuring his pauses carefully. "You're American officers. The officers of no other army in…

Joseph Heller

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Obviously, we shouldn't be having any American officeholder or any American candidate looking for foreign nations to come in and be involved…

Ben Sasse

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In the American office lexicon, 'aging' - and its close cousin 'old' - are inconsistent modifiers. While older women are often labeled…

Bonnie Hammer

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I experience for the American officers and soldiers that friendship which arises from having shared with them for a length of time…

Marquis de Lafayette

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“Waller was a sensible girl. She meant to shake off the American officer as soon as she could, and meet with Agent…

Joseph Heywood

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“There was a loud shuffling above. A line of redcoats took their position at the edge of the ravine and aimed down…

Laurie Halse Anderson

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“The Chicago Daily News Foreign Service presents herewith the first attempt to recount historically one of the great American tragedies of the…

George Weller

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