“I've become a collector of stories about unlikely returns: the sudden reappearance of the long-lost son, the father found, the lovers reunited after forty years. Once in awhile, a letter does fall behind a post office desk and lie there for years before it's finally discovered and delivered to the rightful address. The seemingly brain-dead sometimes wake up and start talking. I'm always on the lookout for proof that what is done can sometimes be undone.” YearsLongDoeSometimesDoneStoriesLyingFallFoundFatherLostBehindsBrainTalkingSonReturnLoversOfficeLettersWake UpProofPostsAddressesFortyDesksUnlikelyUndoneCollectorsPost OfficeReunitedBrain DeadOffice Desk Book:The Age of Miracles Source: The Age of Miracles
“I liked to go to court. I became a lawyer because of the allure of the courtroom, not necessarily to be chained to an office desk.” OfficeCourtLawyerDesksChainedCourtroomAllureOffice Desk Author:John E. Jones III
“A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.” CleanDesksDrawersFunny BusinessClean DeskOffice Desk Author:Mark Twain
“Even at the time—twenty years old—I said to myself: better to go hungry, to go to prison, to be a tramp, than to sit at an office desk ten hours a day. There is no particular daring in this vow, but I have not broken it and shall not do so. The wisdom of my grandfathers sat in my head: we are born for the pleasure of work, fighting, love, we are born for that and nothing else. (Guy de Maupassant)” YearsSaidGuyFightingBornHoursPleasureParticularBrokenTenOfficeTwentiesPrisonHungrySatDaringGrandfatherDesksVowMy GrandfatherTrampsFighting For LoveOffice Desk Author:Isaac Babel
“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.” MenNeedsShowsOfficeWindowOilSubstitutesDesksMidnightLimelightOffice Desk Author:Calvin Coolidge
“Whose leadership, whose judgment, whose values do you want in the White House when that lands like a thud on the oval office desk?” WantValuesHouseWhiteLandOfficeJudgmentCrisisWhite HouseDesksOvalOffice Desk Author:Rahm Emanuel