Impatiently Quotes
49 quotes by 38 authors
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There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
— Lord Chesterfield
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Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely…
— Mark Twain
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Even her hair, she thought, running her fingers impatiently through the damp golden brown ringlets that curled romantically around her face. A Botticelli angel, a…
— Naomi Ragen
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As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn't welcome, that a thin person was expected and awaited, and impatiently…
— Arabella Weir
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And the process of reading is such a private one. I once came into a room where a friend of mine was reading one of…
— Vikram Seth
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To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make
— Antony Beevor
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"Girl, are you on medication?" Nurse Debra asked."No, of course not," Madison answered impatiently."Maybe you should be," Debra muttered.
— Kerrelyn Sparks
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Do not fear death, but welcome it, since it too comes from nature. For just as we are young and grow old, and flourish and…
— Marcus Aurelius
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He who can wait for what he desires takes the course not to be exceedingly grieved if he fails of it; he, on the contrary,…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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Young people are going to go to someone, somewhere. And we had better see that that 'someone' is us when the opportunity is ours, for…
— Marvin J. Ashton
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The interruption we now impatiently put off may be the most important thing we could be doing at this particular time?
— Richard L. Evans
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To treat an imperfect brother (or sister) impatiently is to advertise our own imperfections.
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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There is some secret stirring in the world, / A thought that seeks impatiently its word.
— Thomas Lovell Beddoes
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I am inclined to think -' said I. `I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes.
— Camille Paglia
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Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes…
— Camille Paglia
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Go forth from our holy land and go back to your families who are waiting for you impatiently, that you and we, as well, lead…
— Muqtada al Sadr
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Eragon looked back at him, confused. "I don't understand." "Of course you don't," said Brom impatiently. "That's why I'm teaching you and not the other…
— Christopher Paolini
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Do not do what someone else could do as well as you. Do not say, do not write what someone else could say, could write…
— Andre Gide
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Magnus, standing by the door, snapped his fingers impatiently. "Move it along, teenagers. The only person who gets to canoodle in my bedroom is my…
— Cassandra Clare
Who Wrote These Impatiently Quotes
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