Waiting Quotes

6770 Waiting quotes by 3856 unique authors

I am a book of snow, a spacious hand, an open meadow, a circle that waits, I belong to the earth and its winter. — Pablo Neruda
And in that narrow cockpit I wept, as I shall never weep again, when I felt the concrete brush against his wheels and, with a… — Unknown Author
I sit in the dark and wait for a little flame to appear at the end of my pencil. — Billy Collins
Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
I'm in no condition to drive...wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk! — Yogi Berra
I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't sure was going… — John Prine
I never sit down to write. When I'm moved, I do it. I just wait for it to come. You just hear it. I can't… — Lenny Kravitz
You should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society… — Quentin Crisp
There is nothing worse than an idle hour, with no occupation offering. People who have many such hours are simply animals waiting docilely for death.… — H. L. Mencken
We quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the brim - objects press around us,… — Oscar Wilde
Though the most beautiful creature were waiting for me at the end of a journey or a walk; though the carpet were of silk, the… — John Keats
Don't wait until you're 'in the mood.' Get into the mood by writing. — Margaret Atwood
I find on songwriting, I really have to work at making sure I'm not imitating myself. You know? Which happens to all of us. When… — Andy Wilkinson
I listen to the summer symphony outside my window. Truthfully, it's not a symphony at all. There's no tune, no melody, only the same notes… — Jerry Spinelli
It was as though we were a picture, trapped in time: this had been happening for hundreds of years, people sitting in a room, waiting… — James A. Baldwin
I thought I was the only one who still enjoyed his record collection, but after reading 'How Records Got Their Groove Back,' I happily discovered… — Unknown Author
I use three main tools in writing: instinct, hard work and dumb luck. Dumb luck is missing a train and, while you wait for the… — David Massengill
These days I keep a journal, so I'm constantly sketching down my thoughts, or lines that come to me...ideas for songs. And then when I… — Ani DiFranco
The more contemplative gardener, seeing the garden as a whole, the design of it, and its nature as a still place of delight and refreshment,… — Susan Hill
Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them. — Seth Godin
For me, songwriting is something that I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every… — Sean Lennon
I love not rushing the process. Mind doesn't shift until it does, and when it does shift, it's right on time, not one second too… — Byron Katie
All the same, my depression and self-hatred, my desire to mutilate myself with broken bottles, my numbness and crying fits, my inability to get out… — Hanif Kureishi
I believe that if the people of this nation fully understood what Congress has done to them over the last 49 years, they would move… — Unknown Author
I probably have less revision than those who have that wonderful rush of story to tell - you know, I can't wait to tell you… — Amy Hempel

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