Sitting Quotes

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Watermelons and Zen students grow pretty much the same way. Long periods of sitting till they ripen and grow all juicy inside, but when you… — Peter Levitt
Gradually, everything that happens in the world is coming to be of interest everywhere in the world, and, gradually, thoughtful men and women everywhere are… — Elihu Root
James Wilkie is so conscious of the time we spend together. I try to be home to tuck him in at least four nights a… — Sarah Jessica Parker
[That night] I was sitting by Jack Nicholson with my long list of thanks, and I said, `I'm so nervous. I don't know what to… — Javier Bardem
The biggest sin is sitting on your ass. — Florynce Kennedy
The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
If your heart takes more pleasure in reading novels, or watching TV, or going to the movies, or talking to friends, rather than just sitting… — Keith Green
You must pray with all your might. That does not mean saying your prayers, or sitting gazing about in church or chapel with eyes wide… — William Booth
Sitting like a mountain let your mind rise and fly and soar. — Sogyal Rinpoche
The nicest Father's Day surprise of all for Dad would be if you handed him a box, and he unwrapped it, and there, inside, sitting… — Dave Barry
The powered flight took a total of about eight and a half minutes. It seemed to me it had gone by in a lash. We… — Robert Crippen
I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head. It's like a color… — Jack Nicklaus
What's the difference between you and the man sitting beside you? It's one percent. In my business, only one percent makes it. If everyone had… — Ray Lewis
Speech is often barren; but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest. Your still fowl, blinking at you without remark, may all… — George Eliot
What one Predator drone pilot described of his experience fighting in the Iraq war while never leaving Nevada: 'You're going to war for 12 hours,… — P. W. Singer
It is not a question of sitting silently, it is not a question of chanting a mantra. It is a question of understanding the subtle… — Rajneesh
Meditation is not something you do in the morning and you are finished with it, meditation is something that you have to go on living… — Rajneesh
Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration. — Nhat Hanh
Meditation is not contemplation because it is not thinking at all - consistent, inconsistent, crazy, sane. It is not thinking at all; it is witnessing.… — Rajneesh
Sports are too much with us. Late and soon, sitting and watching - mostly watching on television - we lay waste our powers of identification… — Roger Angell

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