Chairs Quotes

709 Chairs quotes by 591 unique authors

That is an editor. He is trying to think of a word. He props his feet on a chair, which is the editor's way; then… — Mark Twain
You know I could have stayed in my comfortable chair in South Wales having the first Welsh team that got promoted and been there a… — Brendan
But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair. — Augusten Burroughs
In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy. — Martin Ryle
She bowed her head, clasping her hands tightly before her upon the arm of his chair, for her heart yearned towards him, yet could not… — Georgette Heyer
If you lived the doubles, as I did, which was very stressful, you are sitting down in a chair experiencing a match without being able… — Guy Forget
There are a lot of things not going well for Microsoft right now - Microsoft reorganization appears to be rearranging the chairs on the Titanic. — Adam Hartung
The mathematician is in much more direct contact with reality. ... [Whereas] the physicist's reality, whatever it may be, has few or none of the… — G. H. Hardy
My husband's personality was filled with serenity and sunlight. Not even the incurable illness which fell upon him soon after our marriage could long cloud… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
I am trying to get the hang of this new fangled writing machine, but I am not making a shining success of it. However, this… — Mark Twain
I sat back in my wooden chair as they signed the paperwork and stared down at the arm rests, studying the various layers of paint,… — Jimmy Santiago Baca
I love animals to the extent that my home is my dog's home! Which means that nothing is too good for my Freckles-chairs, couches, beds.… — Kate Smith
Smoke says the beef is much better than the squawky white birds. Her expression changed from annoyed to dismayed. Squawky white birds? Chickens? You ate… — Anne Bishop
My birthplace was California, but I couldn't forget Armenia, so what is one's country? Is it land of the earth, in a specific place? Rivers… — William Saroyan
Before music videos first came out, you’d listen to a song with headphones on, sitting in a beanbag chair with your eyes closed, and you’d… — Eddie Vedder
A further point is that, little by little, in the current universe, everything is slowly being named; nor does this have anything to do with… — Fredric Jameson
Fly to the Catholic Church! Adhere to the only faith which continues to exist from the beginning, that faith which was preached by Paul and… — Hippolytus of Rome
The peculiar grace of a Shaker chair is due to the fact that it was made by someone capable of believing that an angel might… — Thomas Merton
I furnished the body that was needed to sit in the defendant's chair.[Explaining his role in the Scopes Monkey Trial.] — John T. Scopes
For years I said if I could only find a comfortable chair I would rival Mozart. — Morton Feldman
Banks and churches and courtrooms all depend on the appurtenances of theatre. On illusion. Banks, the illusion of stability and honourable dealings to the rot… — E L Doctorow
There are moments when I cannot bear this unremitting consciousness. It knows only itself. Awake, I am in a continuum with my dreams. I feel… — E L Doctorow
My ideal office wouldn't have a chair. You would do two things there: stand up or lie down. These are the body's most natural positions. — Niels Diffrient
As I was sitting in my chair, I knew the bottom wasn't there, Nor legs nor back, but I just sat, Ignoring little things like… — William Hughes Mearns
One of the shining moments of my day is that when, having returned a little weary from an afternoon walk, I exchange boots for slippers,… — George Gissing

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