Desks Quotes

442 Desks quotes by 368 unique authors

These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition adds… — Samuel Johnson
All my sermons are prepared in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. As recreation is most pleasant and profitable in the sun, so homiletic creativity… — Fulton J. Sheen
When you can dump a load of bricks on a corner lot, and let me watch them arrange themselves into a house - when you… — Bruce Barton
We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can! Every great achievement in this world was first carefully thought out.… — George Matthew Adams
If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all to the forge… — Ben Jonson
...after a few days at the desk, telling the truth in an interesting way turns out to be as easy and pleasurable as bathing a… — Anne Lamott
Go to the desk. Stay at the desk. Thrive at the desk. — William Matthews
You try to sit down at approximately the same time every day. This is how you train your unconscious to kick in for you creatively.… — Anne Lamott
I get up and I have coffee and I speak to no man and I go to my desk. — Hortense Calisher
I can remember playing under the big wooden desk in his office. My mother didn't like us to chew gum, so we'd go into his… — John F. Kennedy Jr.
When you send off a short story, it sits on the editor's desk in the same pile with stories by the most famous and honored… — Daniel Quinn
In the most basic way, writers are defined not by the stories they tell, or their politics, or their gender, or their race, but by… — Donald E. Westlake
When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life. — Erica Jong
Keith Moon, God rest his soul, once drove his car through the glass doors of a hotel, driving all the way up to the reception… — Pete Townshend
I've known people who had fantastic ideas, but who couldn't get the idea off the ground because they approached everything weakly. They thought that their… — Donald Trump
You should never pick up a newspaper when you're feeling good, because every newspaper has a special department, called the Bummer Desk, which is responsible… — Dave Barry
Flying has always been to me this wonderful metaphor. In order to fly you have to trust what you can't see. Up on the mountain… — Richard Bach
I don't know where my ideas come from, but I know where they come to. They come to my desk, and if I'm not there,… — Philip Pullman
I don't really like to write at a desk. I like to write when driving in a car. ... Once you're working on it, you're… — Paul Simon
I fell asleep at my desk many times. This was when working on events—virtually every one I’ve done in the last 5 years. I was… — Mike Rinder
I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way. — Robin Williams
My very first kiss happened when I was 6, underneath some desks during 'nap time', but my first real kiss happened when I was 15… — Armie Hammer
If you haven't noticed yet, working sucks. Unless you are a racecar driver or an astronaut or Beyonce, working is completely and utterly devoid of… — Aisha Tyler
Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write. — Emma Thompson
I don't need somebody behind a desk to tell me what a marketing survey says is funny. I got 3 million miles and 70,000 tickets… — D L Hughley

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