Murph On Working Quotes & Sayings

The big house ... reminded me of the types of structures you can still see in places like Center City: gingerbread houses, two-story affairs built back in the nineteenth century when people didn't have televisions and were forced to build interesting things out of wood. I have a theory that the outrageous fashions you see in pre-twentieth century culture came about as a result of the lack of television. I'm talking wild hats on women with lots of feathers, pelts, sequined dresses with long trains, as well as top hats on the men, with long-tailed coats. I figure that life in those days was s dull that people themselves became televisions. I'm still working on the theory. I include European royalty in this construct, but let's move on. — Gary Reilly

Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule. — Al Franken

Now, it is the view of the Ministry that a theoretical knowledge will be more than sufficient to get you through your examination, which, after all, is what school is all about. — J.K. Rowling

Come on, sweetheart. I'm letting you do this. Do it." When she didn't respond, he added, "Listen, I know it's easier when they're not fucking looking at you."
Beckett turned and faced the wall.
"I don't know who hired you, but can I ask you for something?" He talked at the wall.
Here comes the fast-talking, the mojo, the shout to his employees.
"Could you make sure Cole doesn't take credit for his handiwork last night? And can you follow up on that Chris guy?" Beckett turned his head a bit, listening for her answer.
He still trusts me. He still trusts me with his brothers. I can't do it. — Debra Anastasia

They say that a man has to want to quit before he can stop working, that nobody can stop working for him. His first step is to make a fearless inventory of his life and admit to himself that he has a job. — Gary Reilly

I never was able to believe in the existence of next year except as in a metaphysical notion. — Madame De Stael

She sat in silence on a chair looking over him, content with the fullness of her own thoughts. — Siri Hustvedt

The productivity of a work group seems to depend on how the group members see their own goals in relation to the goals of the organization. — Ken Blanchard

There are few enough people with sufficient independence to see the weaknesses and follies of their contemporaries and remain themselves untouched by them. — Albert Einstein