A book calls for pen, ink, and a writing desk; today the rule is that pen, ink, and a writing desk call for a book.~ Friedrich Nietzsche
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.~ John le Carre
All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.~ Ronald Reagan
I am really chained to my computer these days so I work in my bedroom, which is a room I have worked in for years and years. It is just as much an office as a bedroom, and during the day, my bed is rather like an extension of my desk.~ Margaret Mahy
I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.~ Barbara Walters
I didn’t want to spend my life behind a desk.~ John Gilpin
I doubted that there were Communists hiding behind every corporation desk and director’s chair.~ Gloria Swanson
I eat and drink at my desk, but I’m a tidy eater.~ Jamie Zawinski
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.~ Malcolm Forbes
If your desk isn’t cluttered, you probably aren’t doing your job.~ Harold S. Geneen
I plan to die at my desk.~ Don Hewitt
It all depends on which side of the desk you’re sitting on.~ Len Wein
Microsoft was founded with a vision of a computer on every desk, and in every home. We’ve never wavered from that vision.~ Bill Gates
My desk drawer is filled with all kinds of prayers.~ Geraldine Ferraro
My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.~ Anais Nin
No special writing rituals. And my desk is usually cluttered.~ Stephen Greenblatt
People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy… and I keep it in a jar on my desk.~ Stephen King
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