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Quotes About Office

Charismatic leaders rely primarily on the power of their own personalities to justify their office. They don't fit well into bureaucratic structures and project an almost 'missionary
~ Laurence Rees
New Brunswick, New Jersey, where I had to cut off two of its feet to get it upstairs to my third-floor office at 16 Stratford Place. There, for all I know, it remains to this day.)
~ Lawrence Block
Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break.
~ Earl Wilson
Full spectrum lights should be used in all daytime offices for good health.
~ Steven Magee
Ned passed the next few minutes quietly not dying in his office, and was pleased with how well it was going. He'd stayed alive longer, but now that he was concentrating on it, it felt more like an accomplishment.
~ A. Lee Martinez
It's take-your-nephew-to-work day.' 'Cool!' 'But we're not your nephews,' Billy objected.
~ Adam Baron
Dissident state or company employees in the Congo could not easily write to Morel directly, for a cabinet noir, or censorship office, in Boma monitored their correspondence.
~ Adam Hochschild
was found to be full of shreds of papyrus inscribed with Greek characters Ã¢â'¬Â¦ They seem to have formed the contents of the office of some public scribe, which have been dispersed and scattered by the wind over the adjoining desert.
~ Adam Nicolson
Don't go there, Sean. Not on a Sunday. There's no point making waves," Crabbie said. He was as impatient as I was but maybe he was right. We drove back to the station. I poured myself a Johnnie Walker which was the general libation used to liven up the office tea. Johnnie Walker in the tea, Jim Beam in the coffee.
~ Adrian McKinty
workplace dynamics are no less complicated or unexpectedly intense than family relations, with only the added difficulty that whereas families are at least well-recognised and sanctioned loci for hysteria reminiscent of scenes from Medea, office life typically proceeds behind a mask of shallow cheerfulness, leaving workers grievously unprepared to handle the fury and sadness continually aroused by their colleagues.
~ Alain de Botton
Bigotry against any group should be disqualifying for high office.
~ Alan Dershowitz
The lawyer Thien, when Morath was ushered into his office by a junior member of the staff, turned out to be an ancient bag of bones held upright only by means of a stiff, iron-coloured suit.
~ Alan Furst
But this distinction between person and office is wholly alien to the teaching of Jesus. He says nothing about that. He addresses his disciples as men who have left all to follow him, and the precept of non-violence applies equally to private life and official duty. He is the Lord of all life, and demands undivided allegiance.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I used to work in a Fotomat booth. Talk about the world's worst office Christmas party. I sat in a mall parking lot with a punchbowl and a candy cane.
~ Dobie Maxwell
an old Underwood office machine so big and black and ancient it looked as though it should come with a foreign correspondent attached.
~ Donald E. Westlake
The office containing these two men was of such hushed opulence that it seemed as though their words were borne to one another on small plush pillows.
~ Donald E. Westlake
A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.
~ Hubert H. Humphrey
Einstein looked as if he'd just smoked an exploding cigar." Albert's years at the patent office were wonderful.
~ Jess M. Brallier
As I sat in the office of the cure, he began to speak and explain to me what it was. I was there, and I had no choice but to continue, it seemed there was nothing but that, nothing else – and yet, it was being explained to me, almost without my permission, as a matter of course, this thing I did not understand: the cure for suicide.
~ Jesse Ball
There are only four types of officers. First, there are the lazy, stupid ones. Leave them alone, they do no harm. Second, there are the hard-working intelligent ones. They make excellent staff officers, ensuring that every detail is properly considered. Third, there are the hard-working, stupid ones. These people are a menace, and must be fired at once. They create irrelevant work for everybody. Finally, there are the intelligent lazy ones. They are suited for the highest office.
~ Erich von Manstein
He was the archivist, and all the archives of the town were in his office. That has nothing to do with the story. Anyway
~ Ernest Hemingway
The breadth of Churchill's hinterland – his many and varied interests beyond politics – meant that he could regard politics with more detachment than most professional politicians, and thus not make the compromises others did in order to gain, or remain in, office.
~ Andrew Roberts
because of the ease with which Japanese office workers communicate, they have, in fact, been slow to embrace electronic mail.
~ Andrew S. Grove
Real word of mouth dips in and out of different spaces. You eat at a good restaurant. You mention it to people at the office. One of them emails your recommendation to his wife. She emails four friends, and they have lunch there. Two mention the restaurant to other friends at a party, and one of them blogs about it. Someone reads the blog and calls a buddy about eating there. They review it online. You get the idea.
~ Andy Sernovitz