“I unplug the phone and close the door and just stick with it. I don't ever go out for lunch and I don't take vacations. I like to be awake when no one else is: either just before dawn in the morning or late, late at night. Silence helps.” WritingHelpingNightSilenceMorningDoorsLateSticksPhonesDawnAwakeLunchVacation Author:Mona Simpson
“How foolish to think that one can ever slam the door in the face of age. Much wiser to be polite and gracious and ask him to lunch in advance.” ThinkingAgeFacesAsksDoorsAgingFoolishLunchWiserPoliteGraciousSlam Book:The Letters of Noel Coward Source: The Letters of Noel Coward
“One Dad I know uses what I call Post-It® Note therapy on his children. He leaves sticky Post-It Notes everywhere ...in their lunch box, inside their shoes, on top of their sandwich before he wraps it up. He once went into his daughter's room, looking for his hammer, and on the back of her bedroom door were every Post-It Note he'd ever given her - over 250 in all with simple messages like 'Great job'...'I love you'...or 'You're special to me.' Do you think that girl knew, without a doubt, that her Dad valued her and loved her?” ThinkingKnowsChildrenUseJobsGirlGivenSimpleRoomsDoubtDoorsSpecialLove YouDadMessagesDaughterNotesShoesBoxesPostsTherapyLunchBedroomHammersWrapsSandwichesGreat JobThat GirlStickySpecial To MePost It Notes Author:Jack Canfield
“Give yourself the gift of uninterrupted time. It can be the first hour of your day. Or the last hour. A lunch hour. You want time free from phone calls, visitors, mail, things to read. Unplug the phone if you have to. Lock your door. Put a sign on it that warns people of the consequences of entering. Do what you have to and watch the results. One hour of uninterrupted time can double a person's productivity for the day.” PeopleIfsWantGivingFirstsPersonsLastsHoursResultsWatchesDoorsConsequencePhonesProductivityLunchMailLocksEnteringVisitorsPhone CallsOne HourInterruptions Author:Geri Larkin
“I frequently do drive carpool in the clothes I slept in, because it's impossible to get three children out the door with lunches packed and all that stuff and have a do.” ChildrenThreeStuffImpossibleDoorsClothesLunch Author:Julie Bowen
“We walked out of this library building downtown, just on our way to lunch, and I was walking a few steps behind Travolta, and when he opened the door, it was as if Jesus had just walked out into the commons.” IfsWayJesusBehindsStepsDoorsBuildingWalkingLibraryLunchDowntown Author:Peter Jacobson
“I literally didn't know my father. My mother had been a secretary, and after she and my father split, she went back to work for an advertising executive. So my older brother and I were "latch-door kids." We went home for lunch and after school by ourselves.” KnowsHomeKidsSchoolMotherFatherDoorsBrotherAdvertisingExecutivesLunchSplitsSecretaryBack To WorkOlder BrotherAfter SchoolLatches Author:George Carlin