Waiting Quotes

Nothing is more deadly than a deserted, waiting street.

[On being an actor] .nothing more than a worker in a service occupation . It's like being a waiter or a gas station attendant, but I'm waiting on 6 million people in a week if I'm lucky.

Waiting for your answer is one of the most painful things I have ever been through. At least let me know whether or not I hurt you.

The honour of physical decline is waiting, and you have to get used to that reality.

The longer they keep you waiting, the more they want to deal.

..we were always taught, instead of waiting to be swept off our feet, to 'expect little, forgive much'.

Never throw anything good away -- real wool, pure silk. Put it away and wait for it to come back.

The new is older than the old; And newest friend is oldest friend in this: That, waiting him, we longest grieved to miss One thing we sought.

Who longest wait of all surely wins.

I am a pack of nerves while waiting for the moment, and this feeling grows and grows and grows and then it explodes, it is a physical joy, a dance, space and time united. Yes, yes, yes, yes!

Waiting is a dry desert between where we are and where we want to be. (Finding My Way Home)

Active waiting means present fully to the moment, in the conviction that something is happening where you are and that you want to be present to it.

[...]when two people have become present to each other, the waiting of one must be able to cross the narrow line between the living or dying of the other.

I hear many condemn these men because they were so few. When were the good and the brave ever in a majority? Would you have had him wait till that time came?--till you and I came over to him?

They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer have have it to regret.

Life is so short that it is not wise to take roundabout ways, nor can we spend much time in waiting.... We have not got half-way to dawn yet.

Then why flounder around waiting for good business? Get the costs down by better management. Get the prices down to the buying power.

Things are always different than what they might be...If you wait for them to change, you will never do anything.

Learn to labour and to wait.

Perhaps the greatest lesson which the lives of literary men teach us is told in a single word* Wait!

The river taught us how to listen with a silent heart, with a waiting open soul.

Some of the shells brought my heart into my mouth; lying there waiting for them was intolerable. I was sure I was going to be blown to pieces.

Why wait for Death to mow? why wait for Death to sow us in the ground?

I'm fighting for people who cannot wait for changes, and I'm not making promises that I cannot keep.

I am not going to wait and have us plunge back into a contentious national debate that has very little chance of succeeding. Let's make the Affordable Care Act work for everybody.

He’s quiet then. We lie next to each other, twin corpses waiting for burial.

I never did buy things on credit, I always paid for 'em, because I can't see much difference in paying for something and just waiting a week and pay interest on it; that looks foolish to me.

It's like being on Death Row in an American jail. You are waiting for the door handle to turn, not knowing whether it's a reprieve or just your final breakfast before being executed.

It's a natural thing for people to say, you know, Who's in this book? I find myself get ting a little defensive. People come along and I'm waiting for that first question.

At the back of my mind I had a sense of us sitting about waiting for some terrible event, and then I would remember that it had already happened.

The mere fact of knowing that a great audience waits on your labor is enough to shake all your nerves to pieces.

If you can't make it go away, wait it out.

What’s the deal with the hair?” Curran tore his gaze from the book and grimaced. “Grows every flare. Can’t help it." We stared at each other. “Waiting for the Fabio joke,” he said.

He groaned and I saw his face. "Curran!" I would've preferred a homicidal lunatic. Oh, wait...

I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.

Real worship involves waiting.

Are my words ever actually audible, or do they just echo in my head while people stare at me, waiting?

I try to let go of the intellect and just tell the story. I only read the page I have in front of me on the screen. Then when the whole story is told, I print it, wait a week and read it.

I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.

You are the only one who can do it like you do it. You are the best. You have what it takes. You have the power. When you put your mind to something, you get it done. So what are you waiting for?

You can wait for things to happen for you or you can make things happen for you.

When you cannot answer a skeptic, be content to wait for more light; but never forsake a great principle.

Work for immortality if you will: then wait for it.

I sort of love the idea of, you know, watching something and then having to wait for the next episode.

Cam was already on his feet, waiting for me. I arched my brow at him. "Following me?" "Like a true serial killer," he replied.

I can't wait for everyone to read 'Don't Look Back.' It's something very different for me, my first romantic suspense novel, so I'm very excited to be sharing the book, finally.

Thank you.” His lips curved up on one side. “For what?” “For waiting for me.

It's like we're a catastrophe waiting to happen.

And then alas! I let the matter reset, watching and waiting only, as we have too often done.

Outside the ring of dancing warriors with spears and axes stood wolves at a respectful distance, watching and waiting.