Desk Quotes

484 Desk quotes by 403 unique authors

A desk, some pads, a pencil, and a large basket -- to hold all of mu mistakes. — Albert Einstein
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear… — C.S. Lewis
A writing cook and a cooking writer must be bold at the desk as well as the stove. — M.F.K. Fisher
Mom," said Peter, "nobody thinks you're a lackwit, if that's what you're worried about." Lackwit? In what musty drawer of some dead English professor's dust-covered… — Orson Scott Card
In the office, Michael sat behind our father’s desk, clicking away at the computer with his right hand, and making notes with his left. Ambidextrous… — Rachel Vincent
I know, you've been here a year, you think these people are normal. Well, they're not. WE'RE not. I look in the library, I call… — Orson Scott Card
I have a list of titles that I leave at the [library] desk, because they are bound to be written some day, and it's best… — Jeanette Winterson
An aptitude test established architecture as an alternative [career]. But what decided the matter for [Teddy Cruz] was the sight of a fourth-year architecture student… — Rebecca Solnit
I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real, to see day lilies and swimming pools, loyalty… — Alice Hoffman
There should be a statute of limitation on grief. A rulebook that says it is all right to wake up crying, but only for a… — Jodi Picoult
I don't say anything and he casually leans against my desk, picking up the novel that's sitting there. "It's bullshit," he tells me, flicking through… — Melina Marchetta
The young student sits with his head bent over his books, and his mind straying in youth's dreamland; where prose is prowling on the desk… — Rabindranath Tagore
The vampire stared at me, his mouth slack as Ghastek assessed his options. I took a couple of forms from my desk, put them into… — Ilona Andrews
He shook me, and despite it being one-handed, it made my teeth rattle. “If anything like that ever happens again. You. Leave. Me. Behind. Do… — Karen Chance
So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days. One may be preoccupied with shopping and income tax returns and chance conversations, but… — Graham Greene
Of all human activities, writing is the one for which it is easiest to find excuses not to begin – the desk’s too big, the… — Robert Harris
A friend came to visit James Joyce one day and found the great man sprawled across his writing desk in a posture of utter despair.… — Stephen King
[Librarians] are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess… — Michael Moore
I wrote a huge number of letters that spring: one a week to Naoko, several to Reiko, and several more to Midori. I wrote letters… — Haruki Murakami
Baba dropped the stack of food stamps on her desk. "Thank you but I don't want," Baba said. "I work always. In Afghanistan I work,… — Khaled Hosseini
Rosie get off your desk, and please put your beard away. — Louise Rennison
How happily, said Austerlitz, have I sat over a book in the deepening twilight until I could no longer make out the words and my… — W G Sebald
Suppose within each book there is another book, and within every letter on every page another volume constantly unfolding; but these volumes take no space… — Hilary Mantel
I've always believed, in my heart of hearts, that it would be a better show if, when I crossed over to the desk, the band… — Conan O'Brien
When she saw my messy desk, she said she was the same way, and there was no dust on the TV, and I was easy… — Miranda July

Who Wrote These Desk Quotes

403 authors contributed a total of 484 Desk Quotes, led by these top contributors: