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Quotes About Waiting

It was one of those rare moments where life delivers on the promises offered by Hollywood... I just stood there and watched her disappear like the pathetic, 'romantic' coward I was (and still am, I guess)... In a way, it was a perfect moment -- everything I had been waiting for... People like me probably don't want anything to actually happen to them anyway...
~ Daniel Clowes
Well, the post office is probably not the place you want to go if you want to be infused with patriotism and a renewed sense of vigor.
~ Adam Carolla
I could manage my life so much better if an app could tell me exactly when my parcels will be delivered so I don't spend the day under virtual house arrest.
~ Jen Lancaster
Forget quantitative easing - I've always thought the idea of injecting virtual money into the system is an accident waiting to happen.
~ Konnie Huq
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
~ Evelyn Waugh
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
~ Philip Massinger
I'm waiting' for my man, Got twenty-six dollars in my hand. He's never early, he's always late, First thing you learn is that you always gotta' wait' - Waiting for the Man
~ Lou Reed
The Enemy, however, was working in his life just like he does in ours: waiting him out. The Enemy is a patient foe and deceives us into thinking we can manage. We assume if Satan can't take us out on night one, he'll give up. But Satan will wait us out for decades if necessary.
~ Louie Giglio
PRAYER Father, shake me from my slumber. Forgive me when I accuse You of failing to keep Your promises. Thank You for today, a fresh gift of grace. May I use it well to speak of Your mercy and extend Your Gospel, as I wait for You. Amen.
~ Louie Giglio
If we are truly waiting on God, we won't miss anything.
~ Louie Giglio
I almost had to wait.
~ Unknown
Love is a publicity stunt, and making love - after the first curious raptures - is only another petulant way to pass the time waiting for the studio to call.
~ Louise Brooks
The thing to do, once you know you are lost, is to find a good, safe place to build a little fire, build it, fire three shots, light a cigarette, and sit down and wait.
~ Louise Dickinson Rich
They waited for life to happen to them. They waited for someone to save them. Or heal them. They did nothing for themselves.
~ Louise Penny
They lead "still" lives, waiting. - Myrna Landers Waiting for what? - Armand Gamache Waiting for someone to save them. Expecting someone to save them or at least protect them from the big, bad world. The thing is no one else can save them because the problem is theirs and so is the solution. - Myrna
~ Louise Penny
she knew the real threat to her happiness came not from the dot in the distance, but from looking for it. Expecting it. Waiting for it. And in some cases, creating it.
~ Louise Penny
She closed her eyes and felt him inside her skin. Where he was vibrant and smart and irreverent and loving. She saw his smile, heard his laugh. Felt his hands. Felt his body. Now he was gone. But he hadn't left. And she sometimes wondered if that was him, beating on her heart. And she wondered what would happen if he stopped. Every night she came here. Parked. And stared at the window. Hoping to see some sign of life.
~ Louise Penny
Ducks mate for life, Clara knew. That's why duck hunting season was particularly cruel. Every now and then in the fall you'd see a lone duck, quacking. Calling. Waiting for its spouse. And for the rest of its life it would wait.
~ Louise Penny
Anyone could run around, not many could quietly wait. As they did now. But that didn't mean Chief Inspector Gamache and Inspector Lacoste did nothing. As they waited they took in their surroundings.
~ Louise Penny
Here it is then, the dark thing, the dark thing you have waited for so long. And after all, it is nothing new.
~ Louise Penny
stick. It might look familiar to some of you,' she waited
~ Louise Penny
waited on my call, nor does any
~ Louise Penny
They lead "still" lives, waiting.' 'Waiting for what?' 'Waiting for someone to save them. Expecting someone to save them or at least protect them from the big, bad world. The thing is no one else can save them because the problem is theirs and so is the solution. Only they can get out of it.
~ Louise Penny