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- Delay is natural to a writer. He is like a surfer-he bides his time, waits for the perfect wave on which to ride in. Delay…
- A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.
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- Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might. — Aeschylus
- Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is… — Brandon Boyd
- The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in… — James Allen
- Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything. — Martin Luther
- He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared. — Sun Tzu
- O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need… — John L. Bates
- Last comes the beverage of the Orient shore, Mocha, far off, the fragrant berries bore. Taste the dark fluid with a dainty… — Pope Leo XII
- Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: He will win who knows when to fight and when not… — Sun Tzu
- The general must be the first in the toils and fatigues of the army. In the heat of summer he does not… — Sun Tzu
- Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial thing, commonplace,… — Cesare Pavese
- It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you alone. Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the… — John O'Donohue
- I don't count on the boy who waits till October, when it's cool and fun, then decides he wants to play. — Darrell Royal