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Desk Quotes

My father was the editor of an agricultural magazine called 'The Southern Planter.' He didn't think of himself as a writer. He was a scientist, an agronomist, but I thought of him as a writer because I'd seen him working at his desk. I just assumed that I was going to do that, that I was going to be a writer.

Father Think Thought Desk Him Going

Dub has been a big influence in terms of production. It's inspired so many people and so much music - in terms of music where mixing desk was the instrument. Central to that is the echo chamber, and I think there's a little bit of a romantic thing there.

Music Romantic People Think Desk

I grew up on film sets and I had a ball. It wouldn't have had nearly as much fun if my dad had been working behind a desk somewhere. I remember being on the set of 'The Godfather: Part III,' and all the kids were running around and doing crazy things, and Francis Ford Coppola just embraced that.

Dominik Garcia-Lorido

Fun Crazy Doing Remember Desk Up

I have this nook at Milk Bar that's my office, and my desk was just full of every box of Kellogg's cereal, and at different times during the day, I would open up a box, eat a bowl of cereal, and I live in a world of Post-it notes, so I would leave tasting notes on all the cereal.

Live Day World Desk Milk Office

Suppose Watergate had not been uncovered? I'd still be on the City Desk.

City Desk Watergate Been Still Had

More and more of us feel like emergency-room physicians, permanently on call, required to heal ourselves but unable to find the prescription for all the clutter on our desk.

Feel Find Desk More Clutter Us

I was chastised for writing several obituaries for Malcolm X, exploring different aspects of his writing. One teacher in particular told me, didn't I think I was beating a dead horse? and dismissively threw my paper on my desk.

Teacher Me Writing Think Horse Desk

Keep a copy of 'Islands in the Stream' by Ernest Hemingway on the left hand side of your desk. Keep Fitzgerald's 'The Crack Up' on the right. When you get stuck, pick them up and pretend that they are having a fight, like you used to do with your GI Joes.

Fight You Copy Desk Hand Right

I wake up with the story in my head, so I really like to be at my desk about five minutes after I wake up. So I don't get dressed. I put on a bathrobe, I make tea and sit at my desk.

Tea Wake Up Story Dressed Desk Head

Insights don't usually arrive at my desk, but go into notebooks when I'm on the move. Or half-asleep.

Desk Go Move Notebooks Arrive

I travel probably four days a week. That's the game of international development. You have to be at your properties. No developer is successful sitting behind their desk.

Travel Game Week You Desk Sitting

I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library.

David Morrissey

Work Library Desk Go Office Out

When I'm the happiest, my desk is not neat. It has lots of pens and the books I love. It gets messy when I'm in the flow. So many houses are so neat.

Alexandra Stoddard

Love Desk Flow Messy Books Happiest

I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing.

I Am Writing Desk Cat Favorite Who

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?

Laurence J. Peter

Funny Mind Desk Clean Significance

I get up early in the morning, 4 o'clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that's enough. In the afternoon, I run.

Haruki Murakami

Morning Enough Early Dream Desk Run

If I still had my legs, I would be in line for a battalion command, and instead, I'm flying a desk.

Tammy Duckworth

Flying Desk Legs Line Would Still

If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route.

Colleagues Doubt You Desk Know Pass

But I really like hosting, I think it's a strength of mine. It allows me to improvise, and I love the spontaneity of that, and I think I'm funny behind the desk when interviewing someone.

Garry Shandling

Funny Love Strength Me Think Desk

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