Desks Quotes

442 Desks quotes by 368 unique authors

Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and… — John Lasseter
I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on… — Alvin Lee
Insights don't usually arrive at my desk, but go into notebooks when I'm on the move. Or half-asleep. — Hilary Mantel
'Show up at the desk' is one of the first rules of writing, but for 'Wolf Hall' I was about 30 years late. — Hilary Mantel
If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music,… — Hilary Mantel
Well, for over a year now at my desk, a prototype program of Luigi and Mario has been running on my monitor. We've been thinking… — Shigeru Miyamoto
Every day I go to my study and sit at my desk and put the computer on. At that moment, I have to open the… — Haruki Murakami
I get up early in the morning, 4 o'clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or… — Haruki Murakami
I began running on an everyday basis after I became a writer. As being a writer requires sitting at a desk for hours a day,… — Haruki Murakami
My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living. — Anais Nin
When I complete a novel I set it aside, and begin work on short stories, and eventually another long work. When I complete that novel… — Joyce Carol Oates
I've seen how the issues that come across a president's desk are always the hard ones - the problems where no amount of data or… — Michelle Obama
People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an… — Gary Oldman
Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket. — Robert Orben
I enjoy playing other people. It's a great job and it's challenging. I couldn't do a desk job. — Christopher Parker
As long as I sit at Henry Clay's desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also keep close to… — Rand Paul
Conservatives are winning offices, and champions of big government are cleaning out their desks right now. — Rick Perry
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? — Laurence J. Peter
If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there. — Tom Peters
If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk… — J. B. Priestley
All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk. — Ronald Reagan
I remember when I was like 19 years old and I started a desk calendar company to pay for my first short film, just so… — Jason Reitman
I will never forget the bright September day, standing at my desk in the White House, when my young assistant said that a plane had… — Condoleezza Rice
I've always prided myself on my discipline as a writer. I do it like a job. I get up in the morning and go to… — Salman Rushdie
I can walk through a hotel lobby and watch people at the desk and see what they're doing. People don't look at me. They don't… — Jerry Seinfeld

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