#desk

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world. ↗

— John le Carre

#dangerous place #desk #place #view #which

My desk drawer is filled with all kinds of prayers. ↗

— Geraldine Ferraro

#drawer #filled #kinds #prayers

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#less #limelight #men #midnight #more

I got so I simply gagged everytime I sat before my desk to write an ad. ↗

— Hart Crane

#before #desk #everytime #gagged #got

These tapes have been found, which were taken from the desk and various bootlegs. At the time we never got to hear them, they didn't seem to be available or they just got put to one side. ↗

— Michael Giles

#been #desk #found #got #hear

No special writing rituals. And my desk is usually cluttered. ↗

— Stephen Greenblatt

#desk #rituals #special #usually #writing

We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning from them. ↗

— Miguel de Icaza

#considering #customers #desktop #existing #learning

Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives. ↗

— Paul Kane

#computer #desk #get #into #isolated

I know there are, like, 12 rules for late night: a desk, a band. Will people take me seriously if I don't wear a tie? ↗

— Jimmy Kimmel

#desk #i #know #late #late night

Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys of our age had just gone off to raise hell or enlist or both, but we stayed dutifully at our desks doing tomorrow's homework. ↗

— John Knowles

#back #both #desks #doing #earlier