Desks Quotes

We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon.

In the area we`re discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings.

The Indian customs officials sent photos of the seizure to us and most of the engineers had them up on their desks for weeks. For those who spent years of testing and failing, knowing it was being used and helping to protect against terror was exceptionally motivating.

We had to have desks, and we were able to use some of the money for that. We soon will need a new roof, and we all know what that costs.

Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys of our age had just gone off to raise hell or enlist or both, but we stayed dutifully at our desks doing tomorrow`s homework.

For a government to maintain any credibility, it has to have the ability to pay people`s salaries, turn on the lights, be able to have desks, telephones ... etc.