Quotes About Impatience

In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin.

It's frightening, the way life speeds up. When you're at school, time can't go fast enough.

I had nothing better to do, had I, except recount my money and repaint my finger-nails and die of frustration?

Do you have your book?" "No, it's not out yet." "A copy of the last one you wrote?" "Yes." "Take it and sit here, pretend to be reading." I obeyed in a daze. Tina grabbed a book, too, and assumed the same pose, saying to Imma: Take a picture of me.

Some called it "the Furious Host," but Gabriel thought they were only mildly annoyed. Probably more so than usual since he'd been making them wait.

I'm patient with crossword puzzles and the most impatient golfer.

In restaurants, when people order food - and they have menus - I hate that. Just give me something to eat. Quantity matters, not quality.

We live in a world of instant gratification, the world of the quick fix.

The reason that I was so quick was because I was impatient. I couldn't wait to hit the next shot.

Since the '60s, we've lived so much in an age of quick fixes that the culture itself has become a quick fix.

Now most of 'Alice' isn't really a political social commentary, but I think a big message is here is that the culture we're involved in is fascinated with very quick fixes and instant gratification.

I'd say I just fell in love with trying to knock people out really quick instead of letting the fight develop.

I have the ability to get code done, but I'm impatient, and it's scrappy as a result. Maybe that helped me with 'Minecraft,' as it came quickly. But, well, at some point, I'd like to actually become a good programmer.

I get bored very quickly.

I just get bored really quickly and want to push myself to the next level.

I defy anyone to get a decision that quickly these days.

I like to do things quickly because I'm easily bored.

Actors are like race horses. They like to run - they don't like to be hanging about.

I hate slow drivers and slow golfers.

I think, often, people who run away are people who got into things most enthusiastically, and then they want more. They just demand more of life than what is happening in the moment. Sometimes this is a great mistake, as it's always a good deal different than you expect it.

Then at night, we could hardly sleep. This

On account of those absolute and impatient ones, be not jealous, thou lover of truth! Never yet did truth cling to the arm of an absolute one.

l'un avec pétulance, comme un jeune chien qui demande à jouer, l'autre avec mauvaise humeur, et le troisième avec ennui et indolence.

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.