Paperwork Quotes

• I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

  Peter De Vries

  Work, Writing, Written Word

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• Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need.

  Christopher Bond

  Teacher, Children, Giving

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• What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.

  Pearl Bailey

  Love, Romantic, Valentines Day

  "Weekly World News" Magazine, Vol. 26, No. 33, April 25, 2005.

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• It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.

  Frank Zappa

  Fire, Ice, Two

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.203, Simon and Schuster

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• Paperwork wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t for all the paper. And the work.

  Darynda Jones

  Funny Life, Paper, Ifs

  Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.707, St. Martin's Press

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• Life's been nothing but paperwork.

  Gustav Mahler

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• We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

  Wernher von Braun

  Sarcastic, Work, Science

  "On Bureaucracy". "Chicago Sun-Times" Newspaper, July 10, 1958.

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• Getting paperwork under control makes me feel more in control of my life generally.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Feels, Authentic Happiness

  "5 Tips I Used This Morning To Help Myself Feel Calmer" by Gretchen Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 28, 2012.

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• The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.

  C. Northcote Parkinson

  Men, Life Is, Initiative

  "In-laws and Outlaws". Book by C. Northcote Parkinson, 1962.

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• The true nature of bureaucracy may be nowhere more obvious to the observer than in a developing country, for only there will it still be made manifest by the full complement of documents, files, veneered desks and cabinets - which convey the strict and inverse relationship between productivity and paperwork.

  Alain de Botton

  Country, May, Developing Countries

  Alain de Botton (2009). “The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work”, p.40, Penguin UK

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• Actually ideas are everywhere. It's the paperwork, that is, sitting down and thinking them into a coherent story, trying to find just the right words, that can and usually does get to be labor.

  Fred Saberhagen

  Thinking, Ideas, Trying

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• Paperwork is the embalming fluid of bureaucracy, maintaining an appearance of life where none exists.

  Robert H. Meltzer

  Maintaining, Appearance, Fluid

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• No more misquoted forms, lost invoices, redundant entries, missing checks, or delays caused by incomplete paperwork.

  Bill Gates

  Missing, Delay, Lost

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• More time on paperwork means less time spent with students or preparing lessons for students. It is as simple as that. The numerous reforms in the bill will go a long way to free our time of special educators.

  Christopher Bond

  Mean, Simple, Long

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• Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.

  Tom Conti

  Procrastination, Habit, Worst

  "This much I know: Tom Conti". Interview with Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2011.

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• Countries in which immigration will be suspended would include places like Syria and Libya.And we are going to stop the tens of thousands of people coming in from Syria. We have no idea who they are, where they come from. There's no documentation. There's no paperwork.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Ideas, People

  "Transcript of Donald Trump’s Immigration Speech". www.nytimes.com. September 1, 2016.

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• So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job.

  Monica Lewinsky

  Jobs, Government, Gone

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• When I got the paperwork for Superstars, and I saw they asked what size swimsuit I wear, I had a hot flash, nearly broke into cold sweats and hired a trainer immediately.

  Ali Landry

  Sweat, Hot Flashes, Saws

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• Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum.

  Joe Orton

  Work, Reading, Police

  Loot (1967) act 2

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• Finally, the House is working to require a comprehensive federal review of IRS regulations with a follow-up report to Congress on possible actions to reduce the tax paperwork burden imposed on small businesses.

  Michael K. Simpson

  House, Regulation, Irs

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• Management cares about only one thing. Paperwork. They will forgive almost anything else - cost overruns, gross incompetence, criminal indictments - as long as the paperwork's filled out properly. And in on time.

  Connie Willis

  Filled Out, Long, Forgiving

  Connie Willis (2010). “Bellwether”, p.140, Spectra

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• Despite the reams of paperwork, obstacles worthy of a horse show, and a wait that can rival an elephant's gestation, adoption feels no different on the inside.

  Scott Simon

  Horse, Elephants, Waiting

  Scott Simon (2010). “Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption”, p.76, Random House

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• I've actually considered going with my married name, Julia Hall, but all the paperwork.

  Julia Louis-Dreyfus

  Names, Married, Halls

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• For small business men and women, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.

  Tony Abbott

  Mean, People, Motivational Sales

  "Tony Abbott pledges to make superannuation payments easier for small business". www.news.com.au. June 03, 2011.

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• I'd like to do a film in Canada, but it's too difficult. National Film Board funding takes too long, and there's too much paperwork; by the time the film is approved the topic is dead and gone.

  Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

  Long, Topics, Boards

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