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Quotes About Office

Now he knew . . . that there was nothing so vital as paying attention, and perfecting the humble offices of love.
~ Susan Vreeland
How is a magician to exist without books? Let someone explain that to me. It is like asking a politician to achieve high office without the benefit of bribes or patronage.
~ Susanna Clarke
The printer is broken again! Nothing prints!
~ Josh Golin
Her internalization of Catholicism and its institutional disappointments suited a dental office perfectly, where guilt was often our last resort for motivating the masses.
~ Joshua Ferris
activity. Every cubicle held a desk operative, furtively
~ Josie Brown
opened the door to Daniel's office, he'd hardly been able to breathe. Daniel had been sitting at his desk with a manuscript
~ Judith Frank
The President of the United States is addressed by nickname (his or his enemies') before the election and "Mr. President" after taking office. Everybody else in Washington is styled "The Honorable" to make up for what everybody outside of Washington calls them.
~ Judith Martin
Since coming to Congress, I have been advocating for increased resources for research in the physical sciences and for the Department of Energy Office of Science in particular.
~ Judy Biggert
I don't even know that I could have located it on a map.' There was another silence, this one more awkward than the last. Daniel decided it was time to address the aural chasm and said, 'Well.' Which, as usual, bought him enough time to think of something marginally more intelligent to say: 'I have peppermints in my office.
~ Julia Quinn
Congress should clarify that a sitting president is not subject to criminal indictment while in office.
~ Brett Kavanaugh
The man who was known as 'no drama Obama' during the campaign has given us nothing but depleting and infuriating drama since he arrived in office.
~ Monica Crowley
It was very important for me to work in an office environment because I wanted the knowledge and experience of working in a team. That would help me as a human being. But I have always wanted to do films. It was instinctive.
~ Soha Ali Khan
Whatever you think of George W. Bush, he left office with his faith intact, and I respect that.
~ David Gregory
I'll never run for office. But I intend, either on the fiscal commission or on issues like immigration, to hopefully have my voice be heard.
~ Andy Stern
One state can't set everything right, but here in Arizona, we can set an example for the rest of the country in how those of us in elected office conduct ourselves and interact with each other and our constituents.
~ Doug Ducey
Colonial ministers, despite their vast public power, were not allowed to hold public office, a distinction that kept Massachusetts from being a theocracy.
~ Eve LaPlante
Dr. Alston?  It's Marge, down at the office...Yes, we called him...No, apparently he's decided to go to Yale instead...That's right, sir...No, I don't know why...Yes, sir, I certainly can do that, but I think you should know, one of the wait-list students is right here...Dr. Alston?  Are you there?...Yes
~ F. Paul Wilson
He got down on one knee and begged Nikky's forgiveness while everyone in the office gathered around laughing and clapping—it was so cute—and really, you know, that's what it took with Nikky! My own hands clapped mechanically, but I thought What the fuck what the fuck what the fuck . . . this, again, directed at me rather than them. I
~ Blake Bailey
Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.
~ Bob Etheridge
What America needs more than political reform is political courage—candidates and politicians who are not afraid to risk losing the office they hold to accomplish the greater good. The Founders were not concerned about political survival; they worried about being hanged when they signed the Declaration of Independence. Yet they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to the cause in which they believed so strongly.
~ Bob Schieffer
On one side of the desk sits a bowl of dog biscuits for employees who bring their dogs to the office (a rare perk in a company that makes employees pay for parking and snacks).
~ Brad Stone
Her assistant was a young woman named Chamique Johnson. Muse had met Chamique during a somewhat famous rape trial. After a rough start in the office, Chamique had made herself fairly indispensable. "Right
~ Harlan Coben
Simon gave her a blank look. "Yeah, I don't get it either," Elena said, waving it away. "The important thing is, Lou is still searching for names. I also have my office looking into Aaron Corval's background—his birth certificate, anything—so we can get a handle on that. Which brings me to the big thing." Elena stopped and let loose a deep breath. "What?" he said. "I found another connection.
~ Harlan Coben
This was all a tremendous long shot. The Hope Faith Adoption Agency was located in a small office complex behind an Applebee's on Roosevelt Trail. The owner, a man covered in untamed gray hair and named Maish Isaacson, greeted her with a nervous smile and a dead-fish handshake. He wore stylish tortoise-frame glasses and an unruly beard. "I don't see how I can help," Isaacson said for the third time.
~ Harlan Coben