Sitting down Quotes

Madam, you ask me how I compose. I compose sitting down.

— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

I've never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.

— Charles Kettering

A boy is not a sitting-down animal.

— Baden Powell de Aquino

I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.

— Robert Benchley

I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs.

— Richard Thompson

No one ever accomplished anything great sitting down.

— Chris Hadfield

I've never seen or heard of a mob sitting down to read a film script.

— Deepa Mehta

You can't leave footprints in the sands of time while sitting down.

— Nelson Rockefeller

There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.

— Aimee Mann

Children, we should always eat our food sitting down. Do not eat standing or walking around.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.

— Zooey Deschanel

All I have to be thankful for in this world is that I was sitting down when my garter busted.

— Dorothy Parker

I'll just be sitting down having dinner with girlfriends or something and people come up and ruin the dinner.

— Holly Valance

I still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something.

— Eric Schmidt

Prior to [streaming], the idea of sitting down and watching a show every week seemed like a great idea.

— Tom Riley

I like working late at night and then going into the house and sitting down and watching a movie and then going…

— Robert Barry

Teachers often make the mistake of thinking they're the boss of the class; they're not. The boss of the class is sitting…

— Philip Pullman

I used to walk into a party and scan the room for attractive women. Now I look for women to hold my…

— Paul Reiser

Nowadays, teenagers are so fast and quick to see through any form of manipulation. Sitting down and just thinking of something is…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Well, I would have struck him, but I would have had to get up. You have no notion how difficult it is…

— Naomi Novik

How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?' Rand Whispered. 'The answer is simple. You make her think that you are sitting…

— Brandon Sanderson

I grew up speaking English and Punjabi. Just living and working in Punjab and smelling the early morning air and sitting down…

— Kabir Bedi

It's rare in a documentary film that you have a repetitive act. So when you do, you can shoot it in different…

— Frederick Wiseman

I find a ton of inspiration from the artists that I'm writing with, that I'm playing shows with, and that I'm sitting…

— Chuck Ragan

I had read [Charles] Dickens's novels were often published serially. I thought it would be fun to write a book, just sitting…

— Lynne Rae Perkins

You know, many writers really don't like to write. I think this the chief complaint of so many. They hate to write;…

— Harper Lee

We need a president that is sitting down, getting Americans to work, getting this economy going. That is the single most important…

— Rick Perry

I wasn't sure what I expected her to do or say to this. It was all new to me from that second…

— Sarah Dessen

Before I tell you, I have to know three things," I said. "Okay." "One, are you sitting down?" "Yes." "Two, are you…

— Darynda Jones

What dancing has helped me with is blocking; it makes me comfortable with my body. You know how to hit your mark,…

— Columbus Short

I'm amazed at how much my writing is improved when I step away from the computer, even in small amounts. If I'm…

— Donald Miller

Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe... Why do we…

— Ajahn Chah

The range of individuality in children is infinite, but every class of children seemed to have the same groups. And there was…

— Philip Pullman

It wasn't a case of me sitting down and thinking, right then, what shall I do with my life? Airline pilot? Plumber?…

— Tim Lebbon

You seldom, if ever, get lucky sitting down.

— Zig Ziglar

I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.

— Kamala Harris

I love sitting down and having actual conversations. But I don't do that sound-bite, be-candidly-funny thing.

— Kristen Stewart

One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere…

— Paul McCartney

I feel confident writing on my feet with improv, but it's different when you're sitting down and writing it out.

— Amy Sedaris

Sitting down with younger women writers and saying, "This is what I do and you can do this" is hugely important.

— Sarah Ruhl