Waiting Quotes - Page 23

• During Christmas time, on German television they show films with three or four episodes, and I quite like the feeling of waiting for the next episode.

  Volker Bertelmann

  Feelings, Three, Christmas Time

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I remember you would record a guitar part, and we would have to sit there for 15 or 20 minutes waiting for the computer to process it. You'd see the little wheel spinning on the computer, and you'd be praying that the hard drive didn't crash and you didn't lose the performance.

  Beck

  Remember You, Remembers You, Guitar

  Interview with Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com. July 13, 2009.

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• I'm more encouraged by the saplings: new music groups, tiny new venues, entrepreneurial musician-composers who aren't waiting to be discovered but are instead building their own Establishment.

  David Edelstein

  Musician, Groups, Saplings

  "Critics' Roundtable: What Was the Cultural Event of 2012?". www.vulture.com. December 2, 201.

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• I'd put the most money on Robert Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson - and not just because we'll probably still be waiting for the final volume in 2017.

  David Edelstein

  Finals, Biographies, Volume

  Source: www.vulture.com

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• I'd have to think about it, but I was listening to this Johnny Cash song today that Tom Waits wrote for him - I think that's the story. For some reason it's a thing that sticks in my brain. He's describing this scene where he sees all these almost biblical images happening kind of in this burrow where this biblical train runs through this yard.

  Justin Vernon

  Running, Song, Biblical

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I think subconsciously or selfishly I knew that I was supposed to do something. It was like a thumping or a throbbing saying, "Yes, this what you've been waiting for." But you're a little dim to those spiritual thoughts when you're dumb like me. So I did have to get a little bit of a kick. I played it for a bunch of people and I think their reactions were warm and deep enough that they gave me the courage to get [the record] out there.

  Justin Vernon

  Spiritual, Thinking, People

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• People will complain that they don't want to wait around for lightning to strike, but why not? If you invest yourself in chance, the potential for disappointment is pretty low.

  John Darnielle

  Disappointment, People, Lightning

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I've found that writing and playing music has so little to do with will, and so much to do with just finding what's there waiting for you.

  Greg Saunier

  Writing, Playing Music, Littles

  "Deerhoof". Interview with Marc Masters, pitchfork.com. February 26, 2006.

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• It's nice to always have a job and not be floating out in the ether waiting for whatever the next big thing is. So, in that way I hope there's no a shelf-life for great shows. On the other hand, you don't want to be working on something that's reached its peak and become irrelevant.

  Mary Elizabeth Ellis

  Jobs, Nice, Hands

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• When I am excited about a song I want to release it rather than wait to build up an album.

  Jackson Harris

  Song, Albums, Want

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• I now feel that I have a moral duty to course correct and say wait a minute, it's not just for adults.

  Francoise Mouly

  Adults, Moral, Minutes

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

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• Whenever I'm broadcasting, I like it. When I'm broadcasting I can't wait to hear what I say.

  Malachy McCourt

  Broadcasting, I Can

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Some things go better than you expected, other things go worse, so I'm... I think the only sensible thing is just to wait and see and what I'm doing when I'm writing books - I'm not doing science so much anymore.

  Freeman Dyson

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. March 5, 2010.

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• I can't wait until I touch the stage, I'm going to catch the spirit and lose my mind.

  Theophilus London

  Mind, Spirit, Stage

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I've gotten literally thousands of contacts from people across the country - and the most poignant ones being elderly people - who said I had given up on America and I was just waiting to die.

  Benjamin Carson

  Country, America, Elderly

  "Dr. Ben Carson: Health Care Is 'Upside-Down'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. March 11, 2013.

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• I didn't want people to wait six months to get the clothes, I wanted a very immediate, real feel to it. You see it one night, the next morning you can go and buy the same outfit!

  Esteban Cortazar

  Morning, Real, Night

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I don't wait till stage to use my sexuality. My zipper's down right now. I mean, I use it all the time.

  Joan Jett

  Mean, Zippers, Use

  "Joan Jett Rumbles Back with 'Sinner'". "Day to Day" with Noah Adams and Alex Chadwick, www.npr.org. July 26, 2006.

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• I had a great deal of trouble focusing. My two - I had three children, and the two that survived - boys - were very badly injured. I did my job. I didn't miss the votes. I showed up. But I just could hardly wait to get home.

  Joe Biden

  Jobs, Children, Home

  "On Becoming Joe Biden". Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. August 1, 2007.

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• I usually wait until I get on the bus, when I'm done with media and I get to sit down and listen to my music and just read through everyone's messages.

  Eddie Lacy

  Media, Done, Down And

  "Talking to Our NFL Rookie of the Year Pick Eddie Lacy About Twitter and Getting Hit Very Hard". Interview with Esquire, www.esquire.com. January 27, 2014.

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• Of course, anybody's who's 26 years old will probably say, "Of course the old guy would say that." But wait until you're 45 or 46 years old. See how you feel about it then.

  Thomas Haden Church

  Years, Guy, How You Feel

  "Church's Doctrine". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. May 23, 2007.

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• When people are described as difficult and have a reputation as difficult it's 99% of the time because they've been disappointed over and over again by people who don't really know what to do for them, and I know I'm going to make them happy and I can't wait to work with them.

  Carol Friedman

  People, Reputation, Difficult

  Source: bigthink.com

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• The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days waiting for better ones ahead.

  Marjorie Pay Hinckley

  Inspiring, Stay Strong, Inspiration

  "Small and Simple Things". Book by Marjorie Pay Hinckley, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2003.

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• As long as you're worrying about losing what you got, you'll never be able to see that what's out there waiting for you is a hundred times better.

  Don Ward

  Positive Thinking, Long, Worry

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• The future is sending back good wishes and waiting with open arms.

  Kobi Yamada

  Positive Thinking, Wish, Arms

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• For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits
  near them, waiting.

  Patanjali

  Yoga, Meditation, Spirit

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