Sitting Quotes · Page 5

Every art is a church without communicants, presided over by a parish of the respectable. An artist is born kneeling; he fights…

— Hortense Calisher

A woman sitting by herself is not waiting for you.

— Caitlin Stasey

I bought a house, it's a two bedroom house, but I think it's up to me to decide how many bedrooms there…

— Mitch Hedberg

When we were making it [Star Wars], none of the effects were in. So the first time, I thought it was, you…

— Harrison Ford

I think games are starting to branch out. It's not just guys sitting at their computer stations. Games are so fun, that…

— Christian Slater

What would be really difficult is to be sitting on a beach. There's vacations, and there's vegetations. I don't do well vegetating.

— Kim Cattrall

I was trouble - and always in trouble. Aged eight I still couldn't read. In fact, I was dyslexic and short-sighted. Despite…

— Richard Branson

If your heart takes more pleasure in reading novels, or watching TV, or going to the movies, or talking to friends, rather…

— Keith Green

A traveling show visited a country town and one of the acts was advertised as a striptease. A small boy begged his…

— Art Linkletter

Coaches who start listening to fans often wind up sitting next to them.

— Pat Summitt

The words 'Space Age' have a quaint, nostalgic tone - sitting on midcentury modern furniture watching 'The Jetsons.'

— P. J. O'Rourke

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime…

— Benjamin Britten

I've prided myself on being in excellent condition-as good as any man in my profession. Now this doesn't come from sitting around…

— Wilt Chamberlain

Rosa Hubermann was sitting on the edge of the bed with her husband's accordion tied to her chest. Her fingers hovered above…

— Markus Zusak

A big business man was telling Henry Ford about a coach driver of super-expertness with his whip. The driver was telling how…

— B. C. Forbes

The philosophy that I've embraced isn't about sitting under a tree and studying my navel.

— Orlando Bloom

Just like I believe God is everywhere, I believe that whether it's nature, whether it's sitting on a bike in spin class,…

— Lisa Rinna

I've been to Washington many times over the years for stories, and it always seems remarkably the same. More the same than…

— Dave Barry

I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could…

— Quentin Crisp

This is what a family is all about - one another, sitting around the table at night. And it's very, very important,…

— Jacques Pepin

Having played many roles of scientific intellect I do have an empathy for that world. It's been hard on me because flying…

— Patrick Stewart

I don't like rats, but there's not much else I don't like. The problem with rats is they have no fear of…

— David Attenborough

The record Clef and I did was just sitting there. So I said, Clef, I got a record, hit a verse on…

— Pras Michel

People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the…

— Matt Groening

But I didn't really enjoy my secondary education that much, probably because I am a very physical person and don't enjoy sitting…

— Amanda Burton