Desks Quotes

442 Desks quotes by 368 unique authors

While on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength, who, all over this country, have staunchly… — Kurt Vonnegut
A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 AM and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5… — Fred Allen
The boys with their feet on the desks know that the easiest murder case in the world to break is the one somebody tried to… — Raymond Chandler
This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. I'd been happy there. I… — Jane Pauley
I could give you absolutely sterling advice on how to avoid writing, how when you run out of things to do other than going to… — Tony Kushner
The summer has seized you, as when, last month in Amalfi, I saw lemons as large as your desk-side globe-that miniature map of the world-and… — Anne Sexton
To its committed members (the Democratic Party) was still the party of heart, humanity, and justice, but to those removed a few paces it looked… — Nicholas von Hoffman
Personal computing today is a rich ecosystem encompassing massive PC-based data centers, notebook and Tablet PCs, handheld devices, and smart cell phones. It has expanded… — Bill Gates
I have ... spoken to the heads of various Wall Street equity derivatives trading desks and every single one of the senior managers I spoke… — Harry Markopolos
Snoop is a tour de force! It’s one of the smartest and most original books I’ve come across in a long time. I devoured it… — Richard Florida
We boast of our system of education, but why stop at schoolmasters and schoolhouses? We are all schoolmasters, and our schoolhouse is the universe. To… — Henry David Thoreau
It is hot in Tokyo, it’s humid, I’m tired, all of these backs are in front of you, I’m not going to make the team… — Terrell Davis
President Lyndon Johnson's high spirits were marked as he circulated among the many guests whom he had invited to witness an event he confidently felt… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
An old Russian woman goes into Kremlin, gets an audience with Mikhail Gorbachev and says, In America anyone can go to the White House, walk… — Ronald Reagan
My desk is covered with talismans: pieces of rose quartz, wishing stones from a favorite beach. — Dani Shapiro
I've got drinks piling up on my desk and a stack of pills I haven't even opened yet! — Karen Walker
It seemed to me that I should have a desk, even though I had no real need for a desk. I was afraid that if… — Elwyn Brooks White
David Corbett's The Art of Character offers a deep inquiry into the creation of character for the novice writer, with valuable nuggets of wisdom for… — Jacqueline Winspear
Self-disciplin e is necessary, but so is playfulness, flexibility, joy. When you stop demanding perfection of yourself, your writing desk will become a spacious place. — Karen Russell
No matter how busy you are make time to eat at a table. A desk is not a table. — Pat Falvey
Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day. — Roddy Doyle
I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m. — Jeannette Walls
I don't like to leave anything unfinished on my desk before I travel. — Vijay Mallya
He was the kind of kid you did not want to sit by. He kept his boogers in his desk, he wore a neck tie. — John Hiatt
The boy's got problems, the boy's got stress, the boy's got a .38 hidden in his desk. — Alice Cooper

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