“As things now stand, the office is a slightly meaner battleground than the home. Male bosses seem to dominate their women underlings as they would never dominate their wives.” HomeSeemsWifeOfficeMalesBossBattleground Book:The good word and other words Source: The good word and other words
“If there is to be any romance in marriage woman must be given every chance to earn a decent living at other occupations. Otherwise no man can be sure that he is loved for himself alone, and that his wife did not come to the Registry Office because she had no luck at the Labour Exchange.” IfsMenRomanceGivenChanceWifeOfficeLuckDecentLabourOccupationRomance In Marriage Book:The young Rebecca: writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17 Source: The young Rebecca: writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17
“I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.” KnowsMorningWifeOfficeWake UpMy WifeCoffeeHanging Out Author:Ice Cube
“I live in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. and spend time in the West Village, where my wife Elizabeth Cotnoir, a writer-producer and documentary filmmaker, has an office.” WifeOfficeWestMy WifeProducersFilmmakerParksVillageEnd TimesDocumentariesSpend TimeTuxedos Author:Howard Shore
“It's a great incentive to work long hours. I limit the holiday to two weeks and then get the hell back to the office. If I had my choice I wouldn't take holidays but my wife insists on time with the kids. That's enough. Prior to getting married I never took a holiday.” IfsLongTwoEnoughKidsChoicesHoursHellWifeWeekLimitsOfficeMarriedMy WifeHolidayIncentivesTwo WeeksGetting MarriedLong Hours Author:Michael O'Leary
“Talking things over has its place in an organization [but] so-called conferences are being grossly overdone. One executive stops at the desk of another to tell him, perhaps, about the wonderful score he made at golf on Saturday afternoon. This chin-chin immediately becomes a conference, and neither the office boy nor the telephone operator must disturb either gentleman. More idle gossip is indulged in at many business conferences these days than an old wives' sewing circle would be guilty of.” MadeWould BeTalkingBoysWifeWonderfulOfficeOrganizationGolfCirclesGuiltyThese DaysGentlemanScoreExecutivesGossipAfternoonDesksIdleSaturdayTelephonesConferencesChinsSewingOperatorsSaturday AfternoonIdle Gossip Author:B. C. Forbes
“Aggression, it's the next thing to war, except you don't get killed. Aggression is what you have every day with your wife. Aggression is what you have every day at the office. Box is a legalized form of aggression, where the ending is well-defined, the combat is well-delivered, and you got 10 rounds of two equally-sized fighters fighting aggressively to hurt each other.” WellsTwoWarFormFightingNextHurtWifeOfficeRoundsBoxesDefinedFighterCombatAggression Author:Ferdie Pacheco
“I really don't see any men sitting in the corner office plotting to keep women out. All the men I know are actively trying to promote women, to get more women involved. These men have wives they care about; they have daughters they desperately care about. So I don't think it's fair to blame men - or I don't think it's accurate to blame men anymore.” ThinkingKnowsMenTryingCareWifeHe ManInvolvedOfficeDaughterSittingFairsBlameCornersAccurateBlame Me Author:Debora Spar
“At first, it must be remembered, that [women] can never accomplish anything until they put womanhood ahead of wifehood, and make motherhood the highest office on the social scale.” FirstsRememberSocialWomenWifeProgressOfficeHighestAccomplishMotherhoodScalesRememberedWomanhood Author:Herbert Croly