Quotes About Office

Is he a sophomore?" Lydia says. "Please tell me he's in our grade." "I don't know," I say. "But weren't you there when he came to the office?" Peyton says. "The secretary didn't get out her bullhorn and announce what grade he's in. She just took him to meet Headmaster Perkins.

As I raced out of the office, I could hear Emily rapid-fire dialing four-digit extensions and all but screaming, 'She's on her way-- tell everyone.' It took me only three seconds to wind through the hallways and pass through the fashion department, but I had already heard panicked cries of 'Emily said she's on her way in' and 'Miranda's coming!' and a particularly blood curdling cry of 'She's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Without an impeachment process, presidents could obtain office corruptly and then enjoy the poisonous fruit of their own electoral treachery. Democracy itself might be destroyed.

call Social Security (1-800-772-1213 [TTY 1-800-325-0778]), or visit a local Social Security office, and tell them you want to suspend benefits. The agency is supposed to provide you a notice that says: We have received your request to stop your benefits to earn special credits that will increase the benefits you will receive at age 70. We will reinstate your benefits at age 70, adding the special credits to your benefit amount.

Employees in a hierarchy do not really object to incompetence (Peter's Paradox): they merely gossip about incompetence to mask their envy of employees who have Pull.

the Office's prime approach to architecture... is one of continuous ANTICIPATORY DESIGN.

The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.

Ten days after Hoffa took the oath of office in 1957, the AFL-CIO kicked out the Teamsters, saying that they could get back in only if they got rid of "this corrupt control" of the union by Jimmy Hoffa and his racketeer union officials. On

Mr. Vholes's office, in disposition retiring and in situation retired, is squeezed up in a corner and blinks at a dead wall.

MR. DOMBEY'S offices were in a court where there was an old-established stall of choice fruit at the corner: where perambulating merchants, of both sexes, offered for sale at any time between the hours of ten and five, slippers, pocket-books, sponges, dogs' collars, and Windsor soap; and sometimes a pointer or an oil painting.

Thank you paper clips, for being like staples that can't commit.

Coffice: a café that a customer uses as a place in which to conduct business.

The office party is a great place to meet everyone you've been emailing from ten feet away.

The principle is that the qualities that get a man into power are not those that lead him, once established, to use power wisely. There is a simple democratic theory that the best man gets the office. In American thinking this is badly mixed up with the idea that some men "deserve" office, as if the right to control other men, to blast or benefit the future, were something that should be paid over as a reward for achievement in other fields or for virtue.

Herman Melville, "Bartleby"

I listened in amazement. You saw a face on an American street, or in an office, and you had no idea that a tragic epic lay behind it.

Travers closed her eyes. Jade looked over at her, than back at the doctor. "You'll have to excuse my colleague," Travers said. "If it's any consolation, I have to work with him." Dr. Yung smiled and nodded at her gently. "I can imagine it's quite taxing." He ushered them down a hallway and into an office.

locked in his office, making decisions, using common sense, surrounding himself with good people, being demanding of all around him on a daily basis – it had all been worthwhile.

Does the Convocation make the laws?" Erskyll asked. Hozhet was perplexed. "Make laws, Lord Proconsul? Oh, no. We have laws." There were planets, here and there through the Empire, where an attitude like that would have been distinctly beneficial; planets with elective parliaments, every member of which felt himself obligated to get as many laws enacted during his term of office as possible.

As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron

No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.

When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn't go back home easily.

Salte de mi oficina ahora! Puta!

BRADY'S GLASS-WALLED OFFICE is about the size and shape of a votive candleholder.