Waits Quotes

372 Waits quotes by 301 unique authors

Not 'Revelation'-'tis that waits/ But our unfurnished eyes — Emily Dickinson
The 'kingdom of God' is not something one waits for; it has no yesterday or tomorrow, it does not come 'in a thousand years' it… — Friedrich Nietzsche
While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing. — St. Jerome
Destiny waits in the hand of God, not in the hands of statesmen. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
What else don’t women like besides the Three Stooges? Tom Waits. Being hurt physically or emotionally. — Julie Klausner
You must hold on to the sort of finger-painting aspect of music. That's something I learned, particularly from listening to Neil Young. Tom Waits is… — Elvis Costello
Applause waits on success. — Benjamin Franklin
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner. — Benjamin Franklin
We live trapped, between the churned-up and examined past and a future that waits for our work. — Anna Freud
For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in this way, not to… — Lawrence Durrell
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. — Samuel Johnson
Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to… — Friedrich Nietzsche
They say it's better to bury your sadness in a graveyard or garden that waits for the spring to wake from its sleep and burst… — Conor Oberst
On wrongs swift vengeance waits. — Alexander Pope
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him. — Ezra Pound
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. — Jules Renard
True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to… — Tom Robbins
I'm the girl that waits for the director to say, 'I like that,' or 'Can you boost it up?,' or 'Can you pull it down?'… — Jill Scott
I can't do that wonderful thing that Tom Waits and Bob Dylan do - to do imagery. I'm not good at that. I just write… — Rod Stewart
People write about getting sick, they write about tummy trouble, they write about having to wait for a bus. They write about waiting. They write… — Paul Theroux
There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true… — Howard Thurman
What I look for in music is artistry, sincerity, and simplicity, and Tom Waits has all of that. I want to make a connection to… — Steve Vai
I always wanted to sound like a man, like Jeff Buckley or Tom Waits. — Florence Welch
I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn't show. — Andrew Wyeth
Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted. — Rabindranath Tagore

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