Rob Payne Quotes
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My life is ticking away one subway token at a time - a never ending pirouette of arriving and departing, pushing through turnstiles, nodding goodbye and hello. In eight hours I'll be allowed to turn around and go home.
Rob Payne— Chapter 1, p. 1 (opening line...)
Like so many other office workers of the world, I will obey my master, the clock, and will obediently nod to my co-workers and make small talk about sports, kids and weather - all things I'm not genuinely interested in.
Rob Payne— Chapter 1, p. 1
Authority is permission to spew platitudes to people below you.
Rob Payne— Chapter 1, p. 10
Its always good to have a theme.
Rob Payne— Chapter 2, p. 14
If you have any doubt that time is relative, try stretching fifteen minutes' worth of input of over four hours cubicle-cell time with an ultra-slow internet connection and frequent visits from supervisors.
Rob Payne— Chapter 4, p. 31
In today's competitive business world, it is not enough to do your job well; no, to be truly effective, you have to develop skills and strategies for things you'll never have to do, and situations that will never come up.
Rob Payne— Chapter 4, p. 33
I pitied myself for having no door until I met a man with no dividers.
Rob Payne— Chapter 6, p. 47
Sometimes I wonder why the corporate world is seen as a god choice for those of us that will never rise above clerical work and general administration.
Rob Payne— Chapter 7, p. 61
I'm trustworthy and true and a whole of other positive words that start with T.
Rob Payne— Chapter 11, p. 89
Are people happier with a smaller range of experiences?
Rob Payne— Chapter 11, p. 90
False hope is the bread - and - butter of my existence, the only thing that keeps me going.
Rob Payne— Chapter 11, p. 91
"I wonder what the difference is between love and lust."
Rob Payne— Chapter 12, p. 103
People never realize how much work impacts there self esteem and sense of purpose until they leave a job.
Rob Payne— Chapter 16, p. 127
"Fine. Your oatmeal spread in the fridge would go too, but it's already been opened. That stuff was disgusting." "Jay, thats my facial scrub."
Rob Payne— Chapter 17, p. 141
Being really poor is frightening, and draining, but I got through it.
Rob Payne— Chapter 17, p. 141
There has to be a better use for titanium than golf clubs.
Rob Payne— Chapter 19, p. 154
If life is a journey, time should pull over at a rest stop sometimes - we should all be given a chance to get off and stretch our legs, collect our thoughts and reorganize.
Rob Payne— Chapter 24, p. 191
People are shuffling by in long coats, with shopping bags and takeout, smoking cigarettes and feigning laughter - filling up their lives with distractions to shut out the chaos.
Rob Payne— Chapter 26, p. 201
Being unique is highly over rated.
Rob Payne— Chapter 29, p. 228
It's nice to have one worry marched to the wings and forcefully thrown into the alleyway.
Rob Payne— Chapter 32, p. 247
