Quotes About Patience

I'm not trying to take New York by storm. I just want to sneak in there, keep my head down, batten down the hatches and cook.

Sometimes you have to do a role that might not be the most interesting, but it will set you up for doing roles that you want to do.

Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up.

Too often we pray to have patience, but we want it right now!

What you want, what you're hanging around in the world waiting for, is for something to occur to you.

There are no riches like the sweetness of content, nor poverty comparable to the want of patience.

It's just one of those things. Everybody wants to do it, but it's really difficult. People had to wait for "Indy 4" for a decade, and the reason is because of the people involved.

I know that my mind is so A.D.D., and I want instant gratification - and photography can provide me with that - but at some point, I want to make an independent feature.

There was no luxury. I never got on an airplane until I was 18. We drove everywhere. My dad was like, "Waste not, want not."

Life is long. Just because you don't get your chance right when you want or expect it doesn't mean it won't come. Fate doesn't punch a time clock or consult a schedule.

When I'm single, I don't focus. I focus on a guy if he's a boyfriend, but I don't focus on finding a boyfriend. They're never around when you want them.

People don't listen when you lecture. No one wants to be talked down to or scolded.

There isn't anyone who wants to see me married more than I do.

Don't, Cassandra. (Wulf) Oh, please. I just want to choke her for a few minutes. (Cassandra)

Humans all want to beat the clock but nobody ever does.

This attitude means you haven't met a girl worthy of your attention. You'll want to get caught if the right girl comes along.

No-one wants acorns, but everyone wants oaks.

Things don't get better just because you want them to.

I've wanted one thing in my life. I don't want to be that girl that gets that one thing then complains.

Don't ever call a guy first. The thing they want the most is whatever they can't have. It sounds really juvenile, but it works.

My father always said that if you want oranges, you have to go to where the oranges grow.

I think," he said, "I think, if you want thousands, you have to fight for one.

What I've always said was, hang in there, let me write what I want to write, and you'll probably like it.

One problem when you get energy and want to go with it is that with so large a cast of talented people, you have to wait three or four shows for some 'meat.'