Desks Quotes

442 Desks quotes by 368 unique authors

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that… — Bob Dylan
I haven't found a drug yet that can get you anywhere near as high as a sitting at a desk writing, trying to imagine a… — Hunter S. Thompson
The weight of the old world is stifling, and trying to shovel its weight off your life is tiring just to think about. The constant… — Hilary Mantel
I hung up. It was a good start, but it didn’t go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hidden under the… — Raymond Chandler
A few weeks later, I’m in a fluorescent-lit classroom in Chelsea awaiting the start of the official Mensa test. I’m sitting next to a guy… — A. J. Jacobs
Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf. When I was little my father would pull me… — Alice Sebold
Down the hall came the wife. She was glorious, burning. She didn't know yet that her husband was dead. We knew. That's what gave her… — Denis Johnson
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
Our life is made up of time; our days are measured in hours, our pay measured by those hours, our knowledge is measured by years.… — Cecelia Ahern
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

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