Desks Quotes

442 Desks quotes by 368 unique authors

Depending on what I'm working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When I change form one to the other, it's… — Ed McBain
I enjoy what I do every minute of the day, even when the going gets tough. When I first began writing, I used to work… — Ed McBain
Empress of the Universe would be way too much work. I'd have to wear fancy clothes, probably including lady shoes with pointed toes, and could… — Elizabeth Moon
For me, the writing life doesn't just happen when I sit at the writing desk. It is a life lived with a centering principle, and… — Julia Alvarez
You mean to say that when an imbecile walks into a church, office, day care center, or school, stumbling about, almost zombie-like, with gun-filled hands… — Ted Nugent
Because I am foreign I was assigned to the foreign desk. I kid you not, its true. — Christiane Amanpour
Whenever I may be tempted to slack up and let the business run for awhile on its own impetus, I picture my competitor sitting at… — Harry Gordon Selfridge
Sometimes the biggest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs, dealing with old business, and clearing the desksâ€”cutting loose debris that's impeding… — David Allen
Don't clean your desk. You might find something in the morning that you can't see tonight. — Bruce Mau
Some people may have noticed the new computer shelf at the anchor desk. Rather than phone calls, we want to take real time e-mails, and… — Catherine Crier
I am a terrible mixture of being organized, controlling, but chaotic. My desk is monstrous. — Elizabeth Hurley
God's word tells us that righteousness is a gift; it cannot be earned. But godliness is not a gift. We must pay a price to… — K.P. Yohannan
Awake before the sun is risen, I call for my pen and papers and desk. — Christopher Smart
At its heart, this book touches on a mystery of economics: what exactly is happening in our world, and why does it often work so… — Unknown Author
Another effective [debugging] technique is to explain your code to someone else. This will often cause you to explain the bug to yourself. Sometimes it… — Brian Kernighan
But you now, you wear your soul on your sleeve, exhausting your energy, propping yourself up on a tree, mumbling, or bent over your desk,… — Zhuangzi
If I sought to answer all of the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would be engaged in little else in the course of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I make it a practice to avoid hating anyone. If someone's been guilty of despicable actions, especially toward me, I try to forget him. I… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with… — Norman MacCaig
Over my desk hangs a poster from The Railway Children that my husband had framed for me. It is so lovely to see the children… — Dinah Sheridan

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