Waiting Quotes

He [Bilbo] fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait.

That human, he's a lesser waiting to happen, in my opinion--nothing less, nothing more

I'm still waiting for the Lord to come hug me.

Officer, this guy is not waiting around for me... so you better shoot me or help me but decide now!

I don't want to wait 20 or 50 years for something to be done about petrochemical pollution.

But, come to think of it, there was no need to wait. Time travelers don't have to wait for anybody.

If we wait for the perfect answer, the world will pass us by

When I am excited about a song I want to release it rather than wait to build up an album.

Just start Don't wait for perfection. Just start and let the work teach you.

Listening is not only about waiting, but it's also learning how better to ask questions.

I can't wait to continue traveling and do as much as I can possibly do.

It was as though we were a picture, trapped in time: this had been happening for hundreds of years, people sitting in a room, waiting for dinner, and listening to the blues.

With socialized medicine, the trick is not to die while waiting for treatment.

Be patient and wait. Your mud will settle. Your water will be clear.

Advice: Don’t wait until someone you have issues with — especially someone you’re related to — gets shot before you work it out.

If one waits for the right time to come before writing, the right time never comes.

When you're waiting for a bus, the thing to do is smoke a cigarette.

I recently had to wait two and a half hours in a doctor's office, just waiting to be seen. I literally was genuinely thinking 'Well, maybe this is a time loop.'

If I get ideas independently of the act of writing, they never really fit. So for me, there's no hanging out, waiting for inspiration.

It's naive to think there is a woman in the world who isn't brought up to believe that they are waiting for their soul mate. You even see it in Disney.

I always wait until a jury has spoken before I anticipate what they will do.

I was 17, and all I wanted to do was to get away from England and the awful, boring boarding schools I'd been going to there. The last one was taught by monks, and I couldn't wait to get out.

When you're actor, you have no idea how much work goes into pre-production. We're just sitting in our trailers waiting for someone to knock on our door to go to the set.

Everyone says the best fans in baseball are here [in Boston] and I can't wait to be a part of that.

Creating the record is like digging up the earth, planting your seeds and waiting to see what happens.

I often wonder, Is it worth waiting only for things you think are going to be truly great, or is that a pretentious attitude to take?

The longer you wait, and this is true, the slower the hands will move.

Normally when a person has a stellar image another person's waiting in the wings to tear them apart. They're waiting for that one fatal flaw to expose itself.

Do you know who will be in charge of health care? The IRS. You thought getting audited was bad? Wait until your next prostate exam.

Folks, tomorrow America will get to hear those four words we've been waiting for: "Former president George Bush".

All that waiting around for a glimmer of stage time, just getting angry every week... It was just an oppressive, horrible, horrible place to be. I went to work feeling nauseous.

There's not a rocket scientist, not a doctor, not an accountant that 30 years in goes, "Oh, now I'm getting it. Now I can't wait to get back out there because I'm better than ever."

There is no particular source my stories come from. The stories always seem to be there waiting for me, though sometimes shrouded in mist and fog.

I can't write story-songs, like I couldn't write a Bob Dylan or Tom Waits song. I can only write whatever weird phrases come into my head, and hope that they're good.

Death has to be waiting at the end of the ride before you truly see the earth, and feel your heart, and love the world.

The servants must wait like ninjas for me to leave so they could render this place spotless again.

If anyone other than you had me fly halfway around the world just to keep me waiting while you were obviously lingering in bed, I’d have my driver run them over. Twice.

Tell me, Kitten.” That deep, smooth voice brushed over me like a physical caress. “Shall I leave now, or wait until later?

Kitten, you still haven’t told her? Blimey, what are you waiting for?” “The Second Coming of Christ!” I snapped.

I don't watch dailies. I don't pretend not to read reviews, I just don't. I wait for it to come on the air, just like everybody else.

I let it ring. I wanted to breathe for a few minutes, and I could think of nothing that couldn't wait. Besides, I had paid almost $50 for an answering machine. Let it earn its keep.

My beautiful son... I can't wait to see his face, hug him, and spend time with him.

No one is waiting for me. In this story, I'm the girl no one is waiting for.

It's exciting to take control of your future instead of waiting for the phone to ring.

Right now music is more my outlet than acting, but I'm waiting for that one satisfying role.

You have to wait for a big star to come in and generate interest on a project, and now that has become me, which is an amazing blessing.

We can't wait around for Superman to come in here and save the town, save the team. It's up to us to get it done.

Let's draw the boundary early not wait until it's obvious like Hitler's Germany and insist that the state shall never, never, take the life of a person!

The frustrating part of being a movie actor is waiting in your trailer to do two takes of a scene you've prepared for two months.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When I'm finished with my term as governor, I'm going back to the life that's waiting for me in the private sector.