Desks Quotes

442 Desks quotes by 368 unique authors

I hate desks; they make me feel like a child doing homework. — Emma Donoghue
When I begin a story at my desk, the window to my back, the path is not there. As I start to walk, I make… — Paula Fox
Here's what I love: I love sitting at my desk, staring at the blank screen, and beginning that conversation with my imaginary friends. — Brad Meltzer
War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days of… — Gustav Heinemann
Since I've been hired to contribute to the storyline of 'Doom 4' I can say what was always true anyway. I'm working. You see, for… — Graham Joyce
When I worked in theater, I was always writing things on Post-it Notes and sticking them on screens or desks. Twitter has given me a… — Maureen Johnson
I find writing extremely difficult. I usually have to drag myself to my desk, mainly because I doubt myself. And it's getting harder because I… — Markus Zusak
Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill. These were its assets: a tiny white van, two desks, two… — Alexander McCall Smith
The programmer, who needs clarity, who must talk all day to a machine that demands declarations, hunkers down into a low-grade annoyance. It is here… — Ellen Ullman
I live in Florida, and I live on a small lagoon. I sit and look out at the water all day - that's what my… — Ted Bell
I'm a morning person: if I don't get up, put the coffee on and get to my desk by 8, the day has already lost… — Jennifer Gilmore
Buffon said unreservedly, "Genius is simply patience carried to the extreme." To those who asked how he achieved fame he replied: "By spending forty years… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
Getting fired can produce a particularly bountiful payday for a CEO. Indeed, he can 'earn' more in that single day, while cleaning out his desk,… — Warren Buffett
Right now, 70 percent of the people don't have computers. And where they're needed most, people don't have them. We think this will enable anyone… — Larry Ellison
Maternity leave is over for Tina Fey of Saturday Night Live. She'll be back behind the Weekend Update anchor desk for this week's episode, her… — Tina Fey
At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems - the answer for all the… — Lyndon B. Johnson
I've become a collector of stories about unlikely returns: the sudden reappearance of the long-lost son, the father found, the lovers reunited after forty years.… — Karen Thompson Walker
When I was poor living in a garage in Kansas I began to draw the mice that scampered over my desk. That is how Mickey… — Walt Disney
I like things to be orderly. For seven years I ate at Bob's Big Boy. I would go at 2:30, after the lunch rush. I… — David
For years I kept a sign on my desk that helped me maintain the right perspective concerning yesterday. It simply said, 'yesterday ended last night.'… — John C. Maxwell
The Gerat Bald Swamp Hedgehog of Billericay displays, in courtship, his single prickle and does impressions of Holiday Inn desk clerks. Since this means him… — Mike Harding
Creativity is a god who comes around only when he pleases, and it isn't very often. But when he does come around, he sits at… — Gary D. Schmidt
An author never has a vacation. He's a walking sponge, sopping up impressions till he's saturated, then going to his desk and squeezing them out… — Ben Ames Williams
Writing is simple. First you have to make sure you have plenty of paper... sharp pencils... typewriter ribbon. Then put your belly up to the… — Jeff MacNelly
I've found myself at one in the morning just sitting at my desk spending an hour returning emails from the day until like two in… — Brit Marling

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