Best Impatient Lines
284 Impatient quotes by 242 unique authors
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.…
— Saint Francis de Sales
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In Asia we face an ambitious and aggressive China, but we have the will and we have the strength to help our Asian friends resist…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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There are some, I know, who see beautification as a frill, as an extra, or as something that is luxurious enough to postpone. Well, they…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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Science has grown frightfully audacious in these days -- swift-footed, ponderous, careering over her iron ways with unslacking pace. This rampant dragon, on which I…
— Amos Bronson Alcott
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Private courts, Gloomy as coffins, and unsightly lanes Thrilled by some female vendor's scream, belike The very shrillest of all London cries, May then entangle…
— William Wordsworth
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He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on the…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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I'm sure I am impatient sometimes. I sure do get angry sometimes. I think it's outrageous how hard it is to get this country to…
— Marian Wright Edelman
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure,…
— Samuel Johnson
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An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.
— Vladimir Kramnik
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A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change.
— James Levine
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The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach -…
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint.
— George Mason
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Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite.
— Helen Mirren
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I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle…
— Marilyn Monroe
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Sometimes I'm very impatient. I also feel the need to please everyone, which is unnecessary and impossible.
— Steve Nash
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Although there's a lot of focus on the Lib Dems, we need to keep our eyes on the far right of the Tories, who I…
— Frances O'Grady
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I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they became impatient for…
— Rand Paul
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and…
— Rachael Ray
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I think we can all use a little more patience. I get a little impatient sometimes and I wish I didn't. I really need to…
— Ryan Reynolds
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The thing about hearing loss is that no one can see it. Most people are so impatient; they just assume that the person with hearing…
— Marion Ross
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I am a very impatient director.
— Steven Spielberg
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This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks…
— Matt Taibbi
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About my career I was serious and earnest, sometimes impatient.
— Gene Tierney
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I have to try different things to see what works best. Other people get impatient with that.
— Lucinda Williams
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I was as impatient about finding my dream man as I was about everything else I wanted.
— Loretta Young
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