Desk Quotes
484 Desk quotes by 403 unique authors
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We boast of our system of education, but why stop at schoolmasters and schoolhouses? We are all schoolmasters, and our schoolhouse is the universe. To…
— Henry David Thoreau
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It is hot in Tokyo, it’s humid, I’m tired, all of these backs are in front of you, I’m not going to make the team…
— Terrell Davis
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President Lyndon Johnson's high spirits were marked as he circulated among the many guests whom he had invited to witness an event he confidently felt…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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An old Russian woman goes into Kremlin, gets an audience with Mikhail Gorbachev and says, In America anyone can go to the White House, walk…
— Ronald Reagan
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My desk is covered with talismans: pieces of rose quartz, wishing stones from a favorite beach.
— Dani Shapiro
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I've got drinks piling up on my desk and a stack of pills I haven't even opened yet!
— Karen Walker
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It seemed to me that I should have a desk, even though I had no real need for a desk. I was afraid that if…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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David Corbett's The Art of Character offers a deep inquiry into the creation of character for the novice writer, with valuable nuggets of wisdom for…
— Jacqueline Winspear
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Self-disciplin e is necessary, but so is playfulness, flexibility, joy. When you stop demanding perfection of yourself, your writing desk will become a spacious place.
— Karen Russell
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No matter how busy you are make time to eat at a table. A desk is not a table.
— Pat Falvey
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Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day.
— Roddy Doyle
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I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.
— Jeannette Walls
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I don't like to leave anything unfinished on my desk before I travel.
— Vijay Mallya
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He was the kind of kid you did not want to sit by. He kept his boogers in his desk, he wore a neck tie.
— John Hiatt
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The boy's got problems, the boy's got stress, the boy's got a .38 hidden in his desk.
— Alice Cooper
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We cheated on our math tests, we carved some dirty words on the desk.
— Alice Cooper
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I don't like sitting still at a desk and often conduct business on my Blackberry or in walking meetings.
— Dylan Lauren
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I've got so many things coming across my desk right now that are nonfootball related, I can't stand it.
— Chuck Pagano
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I spend so much time with the brightest and most talented and well-rounded people. I've had the privilege of having long and very intellectual conversations…
— Hayden Panettiere
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It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because…
— Guy Ritchie
Who Wrote These Desk Quotes
403 authors contributed a total of 484 Desk Quotes, led by these top contributors: