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Quotes About Timing

I think one thing that may have happened with both Facebook and Zynga is that they may have waited too long to go public. They got particularly cute on that front.
~ Bill Gurley
Some people thought that I was crazy for declining a lot of offers while I was filming 'SKTKS,' but I have waited patiently because I knew I had a winning hand.
~ Kartik Aaryan
Working in Italy can be quite hard because they don't have schedules - we arrive at TV shows and they're like, 'We're not sure when you're on, could be a minute, could be an hour.' We were on their equivalent of 'The Voice' and the timing was determined by whenever the judge decided the time was right. We waited five hours!
~ Grace Chatto
Sometimes they are a matter of luck; the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience, waiting for an effect to be repeated that he has seen and lost or for one that he anticipates.
~ Bill Brandt
Waiting makes me restless. When I'm ready, I'm ready.
~ Reba McEntire
In filming, you're waiting - you're waiting for lights, you're waiting for people to set things up - and when you're not waiting, you're repeating.
~ Colin Firth
Texas hold 'em is all about folding and waiting for that time that comes up every hour or two where you actually have an advantage and you can press it.
~ David Einhorn
Sometimes I regret waiting so long to have a child, but I don't make the rules. The universe decided it was going to take me a while to get to be a mom!
~ Constance Marie
You sit there waiting for the RED LIGHT to go on. You could be sitting there for five minutes, waiting, while the producer talks to the engineer. Then the light goes on you know that you mustn't make a mistake for at least 4 minutes.
~ Jim Sullivan
Glass really rewards risk. A lot of times with glass, you're just waiting for the piece to cool down or for some temperature to adjust, and there's split seconds where you've got a fraction of a second where you get to make a move a particular way, and you don't get to repeat it if you do it wrong.
~ Jim McKelvey
My career progressed slowly. Real slow at a time. The irony of it was I had the best part of my career between when I was 45 and 49 years old. That's when most people are in their twilight, waiting to get to the Champions Tour. And that's when I made most of my hay.
~ Fred Funk
There's a time and a place for everything. There's a time to sleep, wake up, there's a time to be graceful, and there's a time to be aggressive.
~ Keith Thurman
For guys, I don't think you're ever ready... I don't think you wake up and go, 'You know, today's the day I'm going to get married. By God, I'm ready. My house is in order, and it is time.'
~ Rob Lowe
Know when to hold 'um, know when to fold 'um and know when to walk away from cameramen.
~ Kenny Rogers
If you want to walk me, walk me. But if I see something close to home plate, I want to swing.
~ Miguel Cabrera
Now, I'm the most impatient person that ever walked the planet. However: for the best, you always wait.
~ Jay Kay
Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.
~ William Congreve
Look at what has occurred in history. When the Berlin Wall fell, it was not surprising, but it was unexpected. Who predicted the Arab Spring? Nobody expected it, but all the ingredients were there. I think all the ingredients are also there for Quebec to become a country. But when? That's another question.
~ Gilles Duceppe
My only advice would be to someone right now, is if you're in a position in your life where you need to make a change, this is the best time.
~ David Berman
The key to making acquisitions is being ready because you really never know when the right big one is going to come along.
~ James McNerney
You have a laugh line; don't accentuate it. You get a bigger laugh.
~ Dick Van Patten
There is a bigger plan for us. There is some reason we haven't had a kid. Our kid hasn't come yet for some reason. We really believe that.
~ Giuliana Rancic
I just want to be clear, I am a very dark and bitter person, but I think on some level, everything really does come when it's meant to come.
~ Martha Plimpton
I've been learning when to block shots against who I'm playing. I'm not just going to leave a shooter to go block shots.
~ Serge Ibaka