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Quotes About Pause

I begin to suspect, said the curate, after a pause, that the common transactions of life are the most sacred channels for the spread of the heavenly leaven.
~ George MacDonald
He started to engage the gears, and then suddenly paused with a feeling of uneasiness. He did not regret leaving his own car, but still something worried him. In a moment he remembered. He went back to his old car, and took out the hammer. He carries it over to the station wagon and laid it at his feet. Then he drove out of the garage.
~ George R. Stewart
I said I didn't know about any of that but sure would fancy another of those pills. Come with us then, Miranda said. The McBains in the gully paused to listen. As did the cows. As did, somehow, the barn. I was so tired and had been tired for ever so long. I believe I will come with, I said.
~ George Saunders
Only in the pauses between things, in the brief contemplative spaces of just being, can we catch a glimpse of love itself.
~ Gerald G. May
They both fell silent. For a while the only sound they could hear was the noise of books resting on shelves, which wasn't really enough of a sound to distract them from the awkwardness of the moment.
~ Gideon Defoe
The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?
~ Dan Quayle
The last occasions when the timetable of our lives would be interrupted for many years to come.
~ Sister Parish
Time, which runs through the world like an endless tinsel thread, seemed to pass through the centre of this room and through the centre of these people and suddenly to pause and petrify, stiff, still and glittering... and the objects in the room drew a little closer together.
~ Robert Musil
I've got to take a break, to be honest. I'm not even going to lie.
~ Sean Combs
Faffing is good. It is an important part of life. Faffing is when we disconnect from the matrix and idle for a while, like a car. Our body and spirit know deep down that human beings were not made for constant toil so subconsciously creates space through the mechanism of faffing.
~ Tom Hodgkinson
book out fifteen minutes either side of every one of her appointments. "I use it to reflect on what just happened," she says. "It gives me the space to view what I need to do next.
~ Sarah Wilson
It's a lonesome word, but there's no other way to say it. But, this farewell doesn't mean 'never again.' I really like you a lot. So, think of it as a pause until we meet again. -Asaka to Wataru
~ Satoru Kannagi
This is why she can't get up. As long as she stays in bed everything's on hold.
~ Scarlett Thomas
Dissidents pause with these words as a motto: "Not so with you!" Power for Jesus was power for the other and not power over the other. The way of the dragon aches for power over, and the wild things wield the dragon's power over and climb their way into high places where they exert power over others.
~ Scot McKnight
Silence between teachers' remarks is a very important part of a lecture. Silence provides time for consolidation and thought.
~ Scott Berkun
Don't just DO something. Stand there! (and get perspective and understanding)
~ Scott J. Simmerman Ph.D.
I don't want to spend the rest of the day interrupting your questions, so I'm going to temporarily forget how to make words come out of my mouth.
~ Scott Lynch
A bear walks into a bar and says, "I'd like a bourbon and…a Coke." The bartender says, "What's up with the big pause?" The bear says, "I've had them my whole life.
~ Scott McNeely
Very seldom do you come upon a space, a time like this, between act and act, when you may stop and simply be.
~ Ursula K. Le Guin
It's important to know when we need to stop, reflect, and receive. In our competitive world, that might be called a waste of time.
~ Fred Rogers
If your oxygen mask drops down, it's time to take a breather!
~ Richard Simmons
All of us needed time to rest. And we had time - four months of it - to take all the rest in the world.
~ Chetan Bhagat
I wish I had more time to sit down and be a little bit more normal.
~ Dan Fogelberg
Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.
~ Daniel Day-Lewis