Desk Quotes

484 Desk quotes by 403 unique authors

I have heard upscale adult U.S. citizens ask the ship's Guest Relations Desk whether snorkeling necessitates getting wet...I now know the precise mixocological difference between… — David Foster Wallace
While you, the leader, can teach many things, character is not taught easily to adults who arrive at your desk lacking it. Be cautious about… — John Wooden
Persist - don't take no for an answer. If you're happy to sit at your desk and not take any risk, you'll be sitting at… — David Rubenstein
Keep a small can of WD-40 on your desk-away from any open flames-to remind yourself that if you don't write daily, you will get rusty. — George Singleton
There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance. — Tony Scott
If any man has drunk a little too deeply from the cup of physical pleasure; if he has spent too much time at his desk… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
I actually use a computer a lot. I have three computers that I use on a regular basis - one is on my desk top… — Rick Boucher
When things aren't working out, we have a tendency to say, 'Go do other things,' but you shouldn't do other things. You need to stay… — Jacques Audiard
I can walk around fine, but I don't have a desk job. — Venus Williams
Any analyst at any time can target anyone. Any selector, anywhere I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone, from you… — Edward Snowden
At the violet hour, when the eyes and back Turn upward from the desk, when the human engine waits Like a taxi throbbing waiting I… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
For me, drawing is the greatest joy. Animation is never as good as when I'm sitting at that desk drawing. Even when it's up on… — Glen Keane
I wear mostly black Main Line or Tâ€¦ But the other day, the sun was shining so I wore blue jeans. It caused so much… — Alexander Wang
I have a horror of being self-indulgent and wasting time, and there is that risk in doing this kind of work. Are you totally deluded… — Ben Fountain
Then there's the joy of getting your desk clean, and knowing that all your letters are answered, and you can see the wood on it… — Lady Bird Johnson
Depending on what I'm working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When I change form one to the other, it's… — Ed McBain
I enjoy what I do every minute of the day, even when the going gets tough. When I first began writing, I used to work… — Ed McBain
Empress of the Universe would be way too much work. I'd have to wear fancy clothes, probably including lady shoes with pointed toes, and could… — Elizabeth Moon
For me, the writing life doesn't just happen when I sit at the writing desk. It is a life lived with a centering principle, and… — Julia Alvarez
You mean to say that when an imbecile walks into a church, office, day care center, or school, stumbling about, almost zombie-like, with gun-filled hands… — Ted Nugent

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