Desk Quotes

484 Desk quotes by 403 unique authors

Write about winter in the summer. Describe Norway as Ibsen did, from a desk in Italy; describe Dublin as James Joyce did, from a desk… — Annie Dillard
The real desk isn't one with four legs and a filing cabinet. It's the space of time that you stake out every day and the… — Josh Ritter
Reading is performance. The reader--the child under the blanket with a flashlight, the woman at the kitchen table, the man at the library desk--performs the… — Ursula K. Le Guin
You'll have days of complete lack of faith in your abilities. But you have to keep coming back. That's when you know you're a writer… — Markus Zusak
I have a toy giraffe on my bed. I've got photographs over my desk as well as a mask of a giraffe in my kitchen.… — Joanna Lumley
Metal shades only give directional lighting, which is great for a desk or work area, but not for ambient lighting. Fabric shades are much softer. — Emily Henderson
The difference between most mothers and me is that I didn't sit around drinking coffee at baby group for 12 months after the birth of… — Katie Hopkins
For years, I kept a Post-it note above my desk. WORK NOT LOVE! was what it said. It seemed a sturdier kind of happiness. — Jenny Offill
One sits the whole day at the desk and appetite is standing next to me. "Away with you," I say. But Comrade Appetite does not… — Leonid Brezhnev
A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 AM and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5… — Fred Allen
This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. I'd been happy there. I… — Jane Pauley
I could give you absolutely sterling advice on how to avoid writing, how when you run out of things to do other than going to… — Tony Kushner
The summer has seized you, as when, last month in Amalfi, I saw lemons as large as your desk-side globe-that miniature map of the world-and… — Anne Sexton
To its committed members (the Democratic Party) was still the party of heart, humanity, and justice, but to those removed a few paces it looked… — Nicholas von Hoffman
Snoop is a tour de force! It’s one of the smartest and most original books I’ve come across in a long time. I devoured it… — Richard Florida
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
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
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.
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
My desk is covered with talismans: pieces of rose quartz, wishing stones from a favorite beach. — Dani Shapiro
I've got drinks piling up on my desk and a stack of pills I haven't even opened yet! — Karen Walker
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
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
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
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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403 authors contributed a total of 484 Desk Quotes, led by these top contributors: