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Quotes About Pause

Long John I think went off the air in about '79 or something, so there was a hiatus. That's why I think Art Bell thought there was a spot to be filled. He was doing exactly the same thing.
~ Paul Laffoley
Sometimes a person has to stop talking about art for a moment and take a look around.
~ Sarah Schulman
While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.
~ Publilius Syrus
Don't just do something. Stand there. —Rochelle Myer
~ David Allen
sound immediately stopped. As Lee closed the door
~ David Baldacci
To die, - To sleep, - To sleep! Perchance to dream: - ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life;
~ William Shakespeare
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream—For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause, there's the respect, That makes calamity of so long life
~ William Shakespeare
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause
~ William Shakespeare
Pause awhile, And let my counsel sway you.
~ William Shakespeare
the suggestion caught me mid egg rolls
~ Woody Allen
Nothing truly ends.It only pauses at some point,then continues in another dimension.
~ Unknown
But just before she could move, Amon paused in the midst of a sequence, the staff horizontal in front of him, head cocked. He flipped the quarterstaff to a vertical position, turned and looked directly at where Raisa was hiding. "Rai?" he whispered.
~ Cinda Williams Chima
Always it was the same, Furlong thought; always they carried mechanically on without pause, to the next job at hand. What would life be like, he wondered, if they were given time to think and reflect over things? Might their lives be different or much the same – or would they just lose the run of themselves?
~ Unknown
What would life be like, he wondered, if they were given time to think and reflect over things.
~ Unknown
Houve um momento grande, parado, sem nada dentro. Dilatou os olhos, esperou. Nada veio. Branco. Mas de repente num estremecimento deram corda no dia e tudo recomeçou a funcionar, a máquina trotando, o cigarro do pai fumegando, o silêncio, as folhinhas, os frangos pelados, a claridade, as coisas revivendo cheias de pressa como uma chaleira a ferver.
~ Clarice Lispector
Toda e qualquer vida se decide na capacidade de crença ou na sua ausência, toda e qualquer viagem se joga entre a pausa e a fuga.
~ Claudio Magris
Thinking is the same as breathing. You stop thinking, you stop breathing.
~ Unknown
I merely leap and pause." (Either you got the pause or you don't got the pause.)
~ Clive James
She knew that a minute before sunrise, when the sky began to lighten, showing dark, early clouds, there was often a pause when nothing moved, not even time, and she was always happy to be up and in that moment; sometimes she tried to stand perfectly still, to not move with time not moving, and it seemed that if she were not careful she might slip out of this world and into another…She hoped that when her time came, it would be close to morning, and she could wait for the still moment.
~ Clyde Edgerton
There is a pause, while she turns the great pages of her volume of rage, and puts her finger on just the right word.
~ Hilary Mantel
There is a pause, while she turns the great pages of her volume of rage, and puts her finger on just the right word. 'What you say, Cromwell, is…contemptible.
~ Hilary Mantel
It's not the pace of life I mind. It's the sudden stop at the end.
~ Hobbes
I love you like in the storybooks. I love you like in the ballads. I love you like a lightning bolt. I've loved you since the third month you came and spoke with me. I loved that you made me want to laugh. I loved the way you were kind and the way you would pause when you spoke, as though you were waiting for me to answer you. I love you and I am mocking no one when I kiss you, no one at all.
~ Holly Black
I love you," Severin said, looking up, looking at nothing at all. "I love you like in the storybooks. I love you like in the ballads. I love you like a lightning bolt. I've loved you since the third month you came and spoke with me. I loved that you made me want to laugh. I loved the way you were kind and the way you would pause when you spoke, as though you were waiting for me to answer you. I love you and I am mocking no one when I kiss you, no one at all.
~ Holly Black