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Quotes About Sitting

Sitting here in a bar with an asexual cyborg who is probably the only other normal person on the whole goddamned planet. 'Make it a double, please.
~ Joe Haldeman
Berry, supping the dregs of his tea. 'Well, not sitting here we won't. Tomorrow morning you and I will take the railway to Norwich. If I'm wrong, well, I'm wrong,' said Anders, swigging the awful tea back in one go.
~ John Bainbridge
I don't think life gets any better than sitting in the sun while a legend of French cinema tells you stories about making 'Belle de Jour' and other wonderful films, and eating great food.
~ Kevin Macdonald
Prolonged sitting can cause stiffness in your lower back.
~ Denise Austin
I was a sitting judge in Manhattan. I was a supervising judge in Manhattan, and they said to me, 'Did you ever think of doing what you do on television?'
~ Judy Sheindlin
for I know I shall be interrupted-- I shall want to be, really, because life is too exciting to sit still for long.
~ Dodie Smith
Each moment of zazen is equally wholeness of practice, equally wholeness of realization. This is not only practice while sitting, it is like a hammer striking emptiness: before and after, its exquisite peal permeates everywhere. How can it be limited to this moment?
~ Dogen
The PIRA were clients, and their money was good, which was all that mattered, for he was never a man to make judgments. Sitting opposite
~ Jack Higgins
I love honesty and freedom and giving. I love making, I love doing, I love being to the full, I love everything which is not sitting and watching and copying and dead at heart.
~ John Fowles
Gentlemen." Noose grimaced in pain and tried to stretch. "It's going on four o'clock. I have an appointment with a physical therapist at five-thirty. I'm not whining but my lower lumbar needs some work. It is difficult to sit for more than two or three hours at a time.
~ John Grisham
Lucien was sitting on his front porch, drinking
~ John Grisham
The entire congregation joined in, most of them doubtless relieved that their long ordeal of sitting still
~ John Guy
I know from experience that I make the best decisions when I'm into the story and inspired by the story, not when I'm sitting there trying to plot.
~ Pamela Clare
I can explain to you why algebra is useful. But that is not what algebra is really for.' He moved his fingers gently on my temples. 'It's to keep what is in here healthy. PE for the head. And the great thing is you can do it sitting down.
~ Mal Peet
Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassie, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of Lillies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair
~ John Milton
This is the first time I've unzipped my pants as emperox. First time sitting on the toilet as emperox. Aaaaaaand now this is my first pee as emperox.
~ John Scalzi
Die christliche Sitte, träge aufrecht dazusitzen wie bei einer Unterhaltungsveranstaltung, deutet darauf hin, dass Gott als Unterhaltungskünstler gilt, der von der Bühne entfernt und durch eine andere Nummer ersetzt werden kann, wenn er nicht mehr unterhält.
~ John Updike
While meditation is not all about sitting still on the floor or in a chair, taking your seat both literally and metaphorically is an important element of mindfulness. We could say that in essence, it is a direct and very convenient way to cultivate greater intimacy with your own life unfolding and with your innate capacity to be aware—and to realize how valuable, overlooked, and underappreciated an asset that awareness actually is.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
I'm not planning to endorse anybody. I have a long friendship with the family and a long friendship with Jeb [Bush], but I'm, like a lot of people, sitting on the sidelines watching and waiting.
~ Karl Rove
Shall I make it clear, boys, for all to apprehend, Those that will not hear, boys, waiting for the end, Knowing it is near, boys, trying to pretend, Sitting in cold fear, boys, waiting for the end?
~ William Empson
At no point did I form the conscious intention of founding an ad hoc university in my sitting room. It happened, as it were, by accident.
~ Marie Brennan
He's sitting casually at my kitchen table peeling the skin off an applewith a pocket knife, a red apple that he has quite obviously appropriated from my fruit bowl, might I add.
~ Unknown
I love blackjack. But I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi circle.
~ Mitch Hedberg
Nature gave men two ends - one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most.
~ Unknown