Quotes about Sat

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently. Votes: 6

I'm not a potato sack; I've never sat on my couch. If I'm home, I'm cleaning, feeding my dogs, doing stuff. Life is too precious to waste time. Votes: 6

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. Votes: 6

But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance. Votes: 6

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Votes: 6

I sat in a garage and invented the future. Votes: 4

A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man. Votes: 4

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring. Votes: 4

Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly. Votes: 4

You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go! Votes: 4

But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues. Votes: 4

I didn't have any friends at school, didn't want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me. Votes: 4

I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark. Votes: 4

It's funny that we think of libraries as quiet demure places where we are shushed by dusty, bun-balancing, bespectacled women. The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community. Librarians have stood up to the Patriot Act, sat down with noisy toddlers and reached out to illiterate adults. Libraries can never be shushed. Votes: 4

Everybody is a story. When I was a child, people sat around kitchen tables and told their stories. We don't do that so much anymore. Sitting around the table telling stories is not just a way of passing time. It is the way the wisdom gets passed along. The stuff that helps us to live a life worth remembering. Votes: 4

They took to silence. They touched each other without comment and without progression. A hand on a hand, a clothed arm, resting on an arm. An ankle overlapping an ankle, as they sat on a beach, and not removed. One night they fell asleep, side by side... He slept curled against her back, a dark comma against her pale elegant phrase. Votes: 4

When I was growing up, books took me away from my life to a solitary place that didn't feel lonely. They celebrated the outcasts, people who sat on the margins of society contemplating their interiors. . . Books were my cure for a romanticized unhappiness, for the anxiety of impending adulthood. They were all mine, private islands with secret passwords only the worthy could utter. Votes: 4

We need more moral compasses and less Sat Navs Votes: 3

Thus one should know oneself to be of the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss[Sat-Chit-Ananda]. Votes: 3

Then amongst flowers and springs, Making delightful sport, Sat lovers without conflict, without flame Votes: 3

And on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant. Votes: 3

I woke up this morning, Smiled at the rising sun, Three little birds, Sat on my doorstep, Singing sweet songs Votes: 3

That which takes us nearer to the Almighty (Sat) is truth. Truth needs no external support to sustain or promote itself. Votes: 3

My children are as at home in the Port Elgin library as I used to be, and they've sat in the cinema seats where I sat with their aunt every Saturday afternoon, watching the matinee movies. Votes: 3

Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart. Votes: 2

My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him. Votes: 2

On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died. Votes: 2

'Content' is a word that has never sat well with me. Like 'maturity'. They are two words I've never liked. I think they imply some sort of decay. A settling. Votes: 2

When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children's programming. Votes: 2

After I left the Pumpkins, I went home and just sat around. I have a studio in my basement, and I found myself writing all these songs, just taking advantage of the relaxed situation. I wrote about 30 songs in about 30 days. Votes: 2

In K-12, almost everybody goes to local schools. Universities are a bit different because kids actually do pick the university. The bizarre thing, though, is that the merit of university is actually how good the students going in are: the SAT scores of the kids going in. Votes: 2

It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people. Votes: 2

During my days of deepest grief, in all of my shock, sorrow and struggle, I sat at the feet of God. I literally spent hours each day reading God's word, meditating on scripture and praying. I intentionally spent a significant amount of time being still before God. Votes: 2

Her friends say she is very funny. At a family dinner, she stood to go, and the footman very properly pulled her chair away. At that moment I asked her a question and she sat down again, except there was no chair. Everyone, including the Queen, laughed and laughed. Votes: 2

In the beginning when I sat next to Tom Brokaw on the 'Today' show, the stories I was interested in were those having to do with women and children and learning and health. In those days, 25 to 30 years ago, that was called soft news, and not in a nice way. Votes: 2

The greatest gift of all time is that you can make creation infectious because people spend less time being negative... If you log all the time with negativity in the while world, I wonder how much better the world would be if people sat down and did something positive. It spirals. Votes: 2

My family and high school friends were the only people who were with me every step of the way through my mothers' illness. They sat by my side year after year and consoled me. If they ever sent me a bill, I would be paying them off for the rest of my life. Votes: 2

I train my chefs completely different to anyone else. My young girls and guys, when they come to the kitchen, the first thing they get is a blindfold. They get blindfolded and they get sat down at the chef's table... Unless they can identify what they're tasting, they don't get to cook it. Votes: 2

I couldn't help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasn't one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity. Votes: 2

I just think people have a lot of fiction. But, you know, I mean, the real story of Facebook is just that we've worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded. Votes: 2

When I first moved to L.A., I discovered Roy London. I didn't know anything about the arts, the profession; I had no technique, I knew nothing, I'm fresh from Missouri. I sat in on a few classes, and they just felt a little guru-ish and just didn't feel right to me. Until I met Roy. Votes: 2

When color TV arrived, it just sat there and you saw color. I've been to retail stores where there were no 3-D glasses at all and the 3-D images were all blurred. People were coming in and saying, 'I don't want to buy that.' There's a lot of marketing connected to introducing technologies and especially introducing new experiences. Votes: 2

The great thing about getting married young like I did and having a child so young is that he gets to know all the relatives. He knew his great-grandmother, and we sat down together and tied down the stories of our uncles and aunts. They were quite the characters, and we tied them to about 50 recipes. It's like a memoir-cookbook. Votes: 2

I've sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know you don't need sauce. I know he doesn't even want you to pour sauce. And I've seen customers come in and do that, and I've seen him, as stoic as he tries to remain, I've seen him die a little inside. Votes: 2

One day, I got so disgusted that I sat down and wrote a list called 'Justin's list of things to do before he kicks the bucket.' I wrote it for myself and shortened it to 'Justin's Bucket List.' It was there on the wall, not as a story idea but as a motivational tool for myself, which actually ended up working pretty well. Votes: 2

The SAT is a scam. Votes: 0

I was studying for the SAT's and learning lines. Votes: 0

Who can take Death's portrait? The tyrant never sat. Votes: 0

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain. Votes: 0

She sat still, trying to hush her secret heart. Votes: 0

There sat I, a faded being, under faded leaves. Votes: 0

Blessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on. Votes: 0

he sat upon his throne, which is made of skulls... Votes: 0

Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders. Votes: 0

Well, I don't think that the SAT is a scam. Votes: 0

Some of the overflow audience actually sat on the stage. Votes: 0

He who feared that he would not succeed sat still. Votes: 0

Wheel of Fortune was an important SAT prep for me. Votes: 0

I sat there with everything - and I had nothing. Votes: 0

Humpty had always sat on walls, it was his way. Votes: 0

I've sat on the hot seat and I felt its hotness Votes: 0

I sat down to my supper, twas a bottle of red whiskey. Votes: 0

Life's too short to be sat at home writing all the time. Votes: 0

Silence sat in the taxi, as though a stranger had got in. Votes: 0

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall with a joint, drinking some eight-ball. Votes: 0

I'm sitting on the stile. Mary, Where we sat side by side. Votes: 0

When cats sat staring into the fire they were thinking out problems. Votes: 0

I'd never taken an SAT prep course. They were for weaker students. Votes: 0

Having each some shingles of thought well dried, we sat and whittled them. Votes: 0

Jesus sat down to demonstrate to us that the work is indeed finished. Votes: 0

I sat down one night and wrote the line rock, rock, rock everybody. Votes: 0

The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water. Votes: 0

The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen. Votes: 0

I feel like we were married from the moment we sat down there. Votes: 0

My father was ruined by hard drink - he sat on an icicle. Votes: 0

High on a rocky promontory sat an Electric Monk on a bored horse. Votes: 0

And there I sat, long long ago, waiting for the world to know me. Votes: 0

They sat it "Rains Blood" at scenes of battle... you truly...make blood rain Votes: 0

Once, the parental bed collapsed because all the children sat on it at once. Votes: 0

I just sat there letting that music cover me like a big, cozy blanket. Votes: 0

Could a dream kill a man? Could it strangle him where he sat sleeping? Votes: 0

I sat at a bar having a beer trying to hold down the stool. Votes: 0

Do not go on His errands till first you have sat at His feet. Votes: 0

Penicillin sat on a shelf for ten years while I was called a quack. Votes: 0

He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul. Votes: 0

There is no direct evidence that [Alex] Haley sat down with the F.B.I. Votes: 0

In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate. Votes: 0

I sat alone in that stupid forest asking God to tell me what to do. Votes: 0

I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace. Votes: 0

I went to the top of the Cotton Bowl by myself, sat down and cried. Votes: 0

The whole universe sat there, open to the man who could make the right decisions. Votes: 0

I made a 1,600 minus 800 minus 200 on the SAT, so I'm very intelligent when I speak. Votes: 0

Faulkner sat in our living room and read from Light in August. That was incredible. Votes: 0

And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee. Votes: 0

In Rome, the emperor sat in a special part of the Colosseum called the Caesarian Section. Votes: 0

The term SAT is a set of initials, or autonym, standing for Scholastic Attitude Treaty Organization. Votes: 0

I've never sat there and plotted out how I was going to become successful or famous. Votes: 0

I was two and a half when I first climbed up and sat at a piano. Votes: 0

I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window, Votes: 0

I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window. Votes: 0

I got so I simply gagged everytime I sat before my desk to write an ad. Votes: 0

And I sat there getting drunker and drunker and more in love and more in love. Votes: 0

I scored 1.1 on my SAT, And still push a whip with a right and left AC. Votes: 0

So still were the big woods where I sat, sound might not yet have been born. Votes: 0

Joy sat in my throat like an egg resting on a spoon, quiet and fragile, but real. Votes: 0

Hapscomb's Texaco sat on Number 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston. Votes: 0

Two packed houses. I guess the theater sat 2,700 people every night so it was an amazing experience. Votes: 0

I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle. Votes: 0

He sat by her, watching every gesture she made, as if he would paint her portrait afterward. Votes: 0

When we lose Fenway, we lose the sense that somebody sat here and watched Ted Williams hit. Votes: 0

I haven't sat down and memorized the language of Elvish, and anyone who does that is crazy! Votes: 0

I'm quite hyper, and my wife would prefer it if I sat down and read a book. Votes: 0

we sulked and, in the finest tradition of bored soldiers, sat around throwing stones at each other. Votes: 0

The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, What a dust do I raise! Votes: 0

Some of us rush through life, and some of us saunter through life. Mrs Vesey sat through life. Votes: 0

When I heard, Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, I thought, Did he fall or was he pushed? Votes: 0

During the whole time I sat with him in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together. Votes: 0

I sat in the dark and thought: There's no big apocalypse. Just an endless procession of little ones. Votes: 0

You sat there and watched our colleague Ruth Smeeth abused at a Labour event. Your words are hollow. Votes: 0

Accumulating injuries are the price we pay for the thrill of not having sat around on our asses. Votes: 0

The old days were slower. People buttered their bread without guilt and sat down to dinner en famille. Votes: 0

If America was a person, and it sat down, Lancaster town would be plunged into a Darkness unbreathable. Votes: 0

Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door,- Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Votes: 0

Long before I became 'rich and famous' I just sat round drinking wine and staring at the walls. Votes: 0

I scored a 910 on my SAT. I didn't care about education. I don't know what I cared about. Votes: 0

The doctor punched my vein, the captain called me Cain, upon my belly sat the sow of fear. Votes: 0

Ready, fire, aim. Do it! Make it happen! Action counts. No one ever sat their way to success. Votes: 0

Sometimes I've sat outside, not to tan, but as a result of that I ended up tanning slightly. Votes: 0

You wouldn't want to move if you sat next to me on the bus. Or maybe you would. Votes: 0

The day Tarzan opened in London, I sat in a hotel room and discussed the project in detail. Votes: 0

The form most contradictory to human life that can appear among the human species is the "self-sat-isfied man. Votes: 0

I have sat at the sumptuous tables of power, but I have not run away with the silverware. Votes: 0

She sat keenly white and still among them, a witness to everything--maybe determining nothing, possibly judging it all. Votes: 0

Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen sat one morning in the window-bay of their father's house in Beldover, working and talking. Votes: 0

I can remember exactly where I sat when my teacher first read Roald Dahl's 'James and the Giant Peach'. Votes: 0

Cruel, but composed and bland, Dumb, inscrutable and grand, So Tiberius might have sat, Had Tiberius been a cat. Votes: 0

When I've seen an opportunity I haven't sat down and called a committee meeting, We've gone and done it. Votes: 0

I've never sat down and thought about the difference between plot and theme. To me, that's never been important. Votes: 0

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack sat on a candle stick, cause fire is the devil's only friend. Votes: 0

At Christmas time I sat on Santa's lap. His fly was open ! Boy what a present he gave me ! Votes: 0

All you did was sit there, he said. Why are you so tired? I sat very diligently, she said. Votes: 0

It is time the Arabs and the Jews sat down and settled this dispute in the true Christian spirit. Votes: 0

I don't think I've ever prayed in my entire life, never sat and had an imaginary chat with God. Votes: 0

Annabeth sat up and glared at her ankleYou HAD to break, she scolded it.The ankle did not reply. Votes: 0

I've never had any kind of work ethic. I've never sat down with the intention of writing a song. Votes: 0

A girl just asked for SAT scores good enough to get her into Yale. I think she was nine. Votes: 0

Birds sat on the telegraph wires that spanned the river as the black notes sit on a staff of music. Votes: 0

Annabeth sat up and glared at her ankle. "You HAD to break," she scolded it. The ankle did not reply. Votes: 0

I think if a 30-year-old Bill Cosby sat on stage with a 72-year-old Bill Cosby, they would enjoy each other. Votes: 0

Bathsheba! to whom none ever said scat- No worthier cat Ever sat on a mat, Or caught a rat. Requiescat! Votes: 0

I had a dream about you last night... you sat in a cardboard box and said you were a tree. Votes: 0

It was evening all afternoon. It was snowing And it was going to snow. The blackbird sat In the cedar-limbs. Votes: 0

I cheated a lot, because I just couldn't sit and do homework. I usually sat next to someone extremely smart. Votes: 0

I just went to see too many movies and I sat in too many dark matinees watching those old serials. Votes: 0

If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing. Votes: 0

Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne a sceptred hermit, wrapped in the solitude of his own originality. Votes: 0

I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me. Votes: 0

All these years I've sat in airports and kind of drawn people and put like Far Side captions on them. Votes: 0

Instead, he sat in the parlor of his family's Fifth Avenue mansion, growing older by the minute just like everybody else. Votes: 0

The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat's mat is a story. Votes: 0

I sat. And I thought. And the more I thought, connecting the events in my life, the more my heart collapsed. Votes: 0

I went to the Paradise Restaurant on 49th Street and Broadway which was where they were playing, and I sat in. Votes: 0

All life is a rhythm, she said as I sat up. All death is a rhythm suspended, a syncopation before liferesumes. Votes: 0

We sat here during Irene in '99 with the back door open. We drank and watched all the stuff fly by. Votes: 0

Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going on. Votes: 0

Years ago, women sat in the kitchen drinking coffee and discussing life. Now they discuss the same topics while they run. Votes: 0

I sat staring, staring, staring - half lost, learning a new language or rather the same language in a different dialect. Votes: 0

I sat down next to her. Took her hand. This can work, I said. All we have to do is try. Votes: 0

There are definite advantages to single beds." He sat up abruptly and arranged her legs around his waist. "Makes cuddling mandatory. Votes: 0

With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Votes: 0

If you'd sat there any longer,' Annabeth said, 'you would have spontaneously combusted. I hope the conversation was worth it? Votes: 0

We have sat on the river bank and caught catfish with pin hooks. The time has come to harpoon a whale. Votes: 0

I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982. Votes: 0

We sat and kissed and kissed until our lips were bloody. I could have gone on kissing her for a year. Votes: 0

I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realised I was in it. Votes: 0

I was taken to concerts when I was six, seven years old, and sat in a box throughout the whole evening. Votes: 0

The shortest horror story: The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door. Votes: 0

When I was young, I went to a church where the lighter-skinned you were, the closer you sat to the altar. Votes: 0

One evening I sat Beauty on my knees – And I found her bitter – And I reviled her. Votes: 0

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today. Votes: 0

There's a kinship among men who have sat by a dying fire and measured the worth of their life by it. Votes: 0

I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along. Votes: 0

I was told that Ganesha sat between Lakshmi and Saraswati. My quest to attain the blessings of both goddesses explains my physique. Votes: 0

One time, Niall sat on the floor for hours trying to find a way of putting his M&M's in alphabetical order. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving began in 1621 when Native Americans sat down with a bunch of undocumented pilgrims. They had dinner and the pilgrims never left. Votes: 0

When I was a kid, we sat around the house. If I got bored, I'd have to figure out something to do. Votes: 0

I have sat in with the Burbank Philharmonic and the Topanga Orchestra when they need someone if someone gets sick or something. Votes: 0

While on that old grey stone I sat Under the old wind-broken tree, I knew that One is animate, Mankind inanimate phantasy. Votes: 0

Language is my bugbear. Everyone says things now like 'I was sat' instead of 'I was sitting', which just sounds so ugly. Votes: 0

To explore the whole sphere of the modern soul, to have sat in every nook- my ambition, my torture, and my happiness Votes: 0

Four men killed that day. The phrase sat up in Willie's head like a rat and made a nest for itself there Votes: 0

Like a good American, I wanted to sue somebody. But like a good librarian, I just sat at my desk and waited. Votes: 0

...the holy men sat in an atmospherereeking of antiquity, so thick with thedust of ages that you can't see through it--nor can they. Votes: 0

If Romney were a chair, he'd be a squishy, expensively upholstered easy chair that bore the imprint of whoever last sat on it. Votes: 0

You know I was just taking a dump one day, and then as I sat there I realized, I really do deserve better. Votes: 0

And what had he wanted? He'd never sat down to think about it. But mostly, he wanted yesterday to be different from today. Votes: 0

I almost never slept deeply anymore--as soon as she said my name, I always sat up immediately, no matter how tired I was. Votes: 0

There's an exercise we do where someone is sat behind you and you're asked to close your eyes and fall backwards. That's acting. Votes: 0

The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day. Votes: 0

What he could bear in the waking world he could not by night and he sat awake for fear the dream would return. Votes: 0

The carrion birds sat about the topmost corners of the houses with their wings outstretched in attitudes of exhortation like dark little bishops. Votes: 0

Managerial and professional people hadn't really used computers, hadn't sat down at keyboards, until personal computers. Personal computers have a totally different feel. Votes: 0

As Peter Bogdanovich would say of Paper Moon: Ryan's wonderful in it, and he sat there and watched the kid steal the picture. Votes: 0

When he heard there was nothing to eat, he sat down and wept"¦ "Why did I ever wake up!" he cried. Votes: 0

What's going on?" I sat down on the bed and finished the last of the scone. "Bad things," she said mischievously. "You'll approve. Votes: 0

I had build up false pictures in my mind and sat before them. I had never had the courage to demand the truth. Votes: 0

Damn humans." I sat on my bike and scratch my crotch. I couldn't help itIf they would only leave me the fuck alone." Votes: 0

The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it. Votes: 0

I don't watch the show - only bits and pieces of all of them. The only one I sat through was the pilot. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a cartoonist. I was one of those kids who sat around and drew in my room all the time. Votes: 0

Will wrestled with his conscience, grappled it to the ground and sat on it until he couldn't hear a squeak out of it. Votes: 0

Ezekiel says this, though, he's - God said to the prophet, he said I'm going to cause you to sit where they've sat. Votes: 0

I sat for a moment, figuring things out, then decided to stay there. If I was on the floor, I couldn't fall down. Votes: 0

I once sat next to Jim from Wild Kingdom on a flight from Atlanta. I find mentioning that opens a lot of doors. Votes: 0

He walked with long, ungraceful strides, enormous feet adding to the spectacle, and he sat a horse as if leaning into a strong wind. Votes: 0

I'm always drawing, so Draw Something is a cool game to play against your friends when you're bored and sat chilling out and relaxing. Votes: 0

In our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology Votes: 0

Prior to the internet, the last technology that had any real effect on the way people sat down and talked together was the table Votes: 0

Do you ever get the feeling that something awful might happen?' James asked me. . . I sat up. 'I'm the awful thing that happens. Votes: 0

Part of the power of all storytelling is reassurance, offering hope to those sat in the darkness, that good can succeed and wrongdoing fail. Votes: 0

When you're done [with writing a book], people tell you "Well, gee, I'm not interested." "Great, I'm glad I sat down and wrote this!" Votes: 0

Mostly I sat down and said, 'I'm not going to write a boring story.' And that actually, surprisingly, solves most of your problems. Votes: 0

Of old sat Freedom on the heights The thunders breaking at her feet: Above her shook the starry lights; She heard the torrents meet. Votes: 0

I generally edit quite heavily. In general, there aren't many scenes that are sitting where they sat in the script in the final form. Votes: 0

A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one? Votes: 0

On her daughter Melissa: The only time she really cried is when I sat her down and told her that she was not adopted. Votes: 0

The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. Nor upon a cold stove lid. Votes: 0

I sat next to Robert Duvall at the lawyers' table for six weeks, and it's still probably the best six weeks of my life. Votes: 0

It was prettily devised of Aesop, The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said, what dust do I raise! Votes: 0

Talent on its own sat gracefully only on the very young. After a certain age it was what you did with it that counted. Votes: 0

There must be a way to get more of these in me faster, thought the inventor of pea soup as he sat eating peas. Votes: 0

My dad is my biggest source of inspiration. He's a lawyer, and when he'd get home, we always sat down and listened to music. Votes: 0

I sat down on the edge of a deep soft chair and looked at Mrs Regan. She was worth a stare. She was trouble. Votes: 0

The first case I sat on... was Citizens United. Talk about being thrown in. Needless to say, if I was scared before, I was terrified. Votes: 0

We sat like that for a long while, and when we stood up, all my sad things were in boxes, and Beck was my father. Votes: 0

I sat up in bed. My T-shirt was soaking wet. My pillow was wet. My hair was wet. And my room was sticky and humid. Votes: 0

Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us. Votes: 0

But maybe the best thing I learnt was this: that we cannot know a person's soul and nature until we've sat beside them, and talked. Votes: 0

The music is within your heart, your soul, your spirit, and this is all I did when I sat at piano. I just go within. Votes: 0

You need to be prepared to move." "Why?" I sat up and looked out the windshield, straight into a raging sandstorm. "Oh"¦ Votes: 0

He turned his gaze upon her, and their eyes not only met, the pupils shook hands, exchanged business cards, and sat down for tea together. Votes: 0

My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor. Votes: 0

Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate more important far than they all. Votes: 0

I basically sat around unemployed in Sydney for three years straight, and the two things that saved me were the rugby league and my dog. Votes: 0

Amy sat back and grinned. "You just smiled." That was definitely something else she could get used to. Of course, he frowned immediately. "I smile. Votes: 0

He wondered fleetingly how many people who sat alone for hours as they scribbled their stories practiced talking about their work during their coffee breaks.... Votes: 0

Say, did you read what this writer just dug up in George Washington's diary? I was so ashamed I sat up all night reading it. Votes: 0

When the vain speaker has sat down, and the people say 'what a good speech,' it still takes an ounce to balance an ounce. Votes: 0

You might be a redneck if you entire family has ever sat around waiting for a call from the governor to spare a loved one. Votes: 0

You’re impinging on my private space,” I said, inching backward. Patch gave a barely-there smile. "Impinging? This isn’t the SAT, Nora. Votes: 0

I sat back, allowing Wes's words to sink in. Then I responded, "I guess it's hard sometimes to distinguish between second chances and last chances. Votes: 0

As a consequence [of a closed economic circle], in 1912 there was not a single Irishman who sat on a single board of a major Boston bank. Votes: 0

I sat next to a salmon on the sofa. After ten minutes of bear-like conversation, it was dead. Oh well, at least surrealism is still alive. Votes: 0

The Iraqis sat down for talks on how to put together a post-war government. They would have sat down yesterday, but somebody stole all their couches. Votes: 0

Somewhere in that database my name sat in its own little niche, the name of a reject, undisciplined and worthless. Just the way I liked it. Votes: 0

We kinda hated sitcoms when we sat down and talked about this. We wanted to do something that was in the sitcom vain but totally different. Votes: 0

If we want it, we can enjoy the joy of our fidelity to the highest and best that is within us." --sat. afternoon 4/3/10 lds general conference Votes: 0

You still remember your SAT scores. And everybody else does too. Everybody's forgotten everything about themselves, everything else about high school. They remember their SAT scores. Votes: 0

Lorelei sat at the window of her drawing room, painting in the fading daylight. It was yet another portrait of Jack, her favorite piece of fruit. Votes: 0

He shimmered out, and I sat up in bed with that rather unpleasant feeling you get sometimes that you're going to die in about five minutes. Votes: 0

In the office, Michael sat behind our father's desk, clicking away at the computer with his right hand, and making notes with his left. Ambidextrous freak. Votes: 0

I left him in his wheelchair, staring sadly into the fireplace. I wondered how many times he'd sat here, waiting for heroes that never came back. Votes: 0

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again Votes: 0

My favorite magazine is the 'Harvard Business Review.' If someone sat across from me in a restaurant and didn't know me, that might surprise them. Votes: 0

Sometimes two people stay together for the sake of the kids - two kids who sat under a full moon and pledged to be forever true. Votes: 0

As I sat up I turned my head to the side, but immediately straightened it again when I felt a sharp pain shoot through my neck. Votes: 0

Yeah, I cut class...I got a D. Cause History meant nothing to me Except a definite nap. That's why I always sat in the back. Votes: 0

No man who has not sat in the assemblies of men can know the light, odd and uncertain ways in which decisions are often arrived at. Votes: 0

I sat down and wrote some jokes and went to the talent show, got up on stage, fell in love with it and never turned back. Votes: 0

I walked to the lake and sat on the shore for a few minutes, just staring at the moonlight on the water. Moonlight never gets old. Votes: 0

So she sat on the porch and watched the moon rise. Soon its amber fluid was drenching the earth, and quenching the thirst of the day. Votes: 0

I've put an umbrella in my mouth and opened it. I sat in a lemon-meringue pie. I've done terrible things to my dog with a fork... Votes: 0

...the holy men sat in an atmosphere reeking of antiquity, so thick with the dust of ages that you can't see through it -nor can they. Votes: 0

I took my kids everywhere. I didn't have money for child care, so I took them to college with me and they sat in the hallway. Votes: 0

The minute I sat in front of a canvas I was happy. Because it was a world, and I could do what I liked in it. Votes: 0

I just sat all night looking at him, saying, 'Wow, it's incredible.' When Yoko woke up, I told her, 'He's fine,' and we cried. Votes: 0

As I was sitting in my chair, I knew the bottom wasn't there, Nor legs nor back, but I just sat, Ignoring little things like that. Votes: 0

Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked with Welles, you know, and he's a marvelous man. Votes: 0

I sat down in the sand, breathless with shame and failure. God, I thought, some defender of the weak. Some freedom fighter: Joan of Arc in sunscreen. Votes: 0

[Judy Price] Osgood was among about half a dozen [Hillary] Clinton friends who I sat down with more than a year ago before she announced her candidacy. Votes: 0

Writing an op-ed feels like I'm taking the SAT. It's so hard. It feels like homework. And if it feels like homework, it just doesn't get done. Votes: 0

This evening, I sat by an open window and read till the light was gone and the book was no more than a part of the darkness.... Votes: 0

The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best professional military advice. Votes: 0

Over a four-month period, I sat down and wrote every day. And then there was a novel, and all of a sudden, there were agents and offers. Votes: 0

instead, we just sat there, together but really apart, watching a show about a stranger and all her secrets, while keeping our own to ourselves, as always. Votes: 0

I need a dog pretty badly. I dreamed of dogs last night. They sat in a circle and looked at me and I wanted all of them. Votes: 0

My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot of responsibility. Votes: 0

It's not that I ever sat down and outlined a trilogy, but I always have a sense of what size an idea is when I start it. Votes: 0

If you sat around there long enough and heard all the phonies applauding and all, you got to hate everybody in the world, I swear you did. Votes: 0

Last night you sat there singing to me 'nothing to hide, believe what I say' and not ten hours later you're standin' in front of me lyin Votes: 0

...and we sat like that, one creature in two bodies, for a long time, until I forgot what I'd been upset about and I was myself again. Votes: 0

In that moment, there was no place for doubt. I was sitting with the supreme being. I had always sat beside her. She was inside of me. Votes: 0

I sat next to Carl Bernstein throughout Watergate, and Woodward would come over, and they would argue everything out, so I was really tuned into what happened. Votes: 0

One day, I just decided I'm ready to go. So I went down with my guitar and sat on the front steps of Sam Phillips recording studio. Votes: 0

From the very second that two people sat together around a fire in the forest, there was another human out there who felt better in the dark. Votes: 0

For how many generations now had his people been turning their backs on things? How long had they sat in their living rooms and watched other people die? Votes: 0

For example, I wouldn't hesitate to sit somebody down if he wasn't performing, even if he was the No. 1 player in the world. I've been sat down before. Votes: 0

I hate it when people talk about Buffy as being campy... I hate camp, I don't enjoy dumb TV. I believe Aaron Spelling has single-handedly lowered SAT scores. Votes: 0

She went to the window seat and sat there, sniffling, hating them all, and herself most of all. It was all her fault, everything bad that had happened. Votes: 0

Katsa sat in the darkness of the Sunderan forest and understood three truths. She loved Po. She wanted Po. And she could never be anyone's but her own. Votes: 0

I didn't know what I was gonna get the first time I sat down at a piano, but I loved it and it became my playmate for life. Votes: 0

Bridget did not budge, and her face was without expression. She sat, quietly defeated like a chess player who lost a career match in less than four moves. Votes: 0

There was a weird intimacy, sitting in a car together. Couples sat in cars. Cops and their partners. Strangers became unstrange, sharing a windshield view of the world. Votes: 0

I don't think Obama understands basic economics. Not economics that work. He may understand some theory that someone in Princeton sat and dreamed up, but it's not working. Votes: 0

Yeah, she shows signs of life if you do this," said Ron, and with his tongue he made soft clip-flopping noises. Umbridge sat bolt upright, looking wildly around. Votes: 0

I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock. Votes: 0

I never sat down and decided to make work about life and death. It just all comes out of my head like water pouring out of a jug. Votes: 0

I think that people had this idea that I sat at home and sucked on lollipops and ate cotton candy while I watched cartoons - wearing a tiara. Votes: 0

I've met people of great faith. I sat in the home of Billy Graham and in the residence of Cardinal Dolan and prayed with these men of God. Votes: 0

I wrote my first novel in eighth grade for a boy named Kenny on whom I had an unrequited crush and who sat behind me in social studies. Votes: 0

Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it's *because* they sat there that they were able to do it. Votes: 0

I didn't have a good childhood because I never could get along with other kids. I was the child that sat in the corner eating lunch by herself. Votes: 0

So much gets lost in the translation. Even if you sat there listening to it with a microscope, there's no way you're gonna find out what it means. Votes: 0

I'm not a potato sack; I've never sat on my couch. If I'm home, I'm cleaning, feeding my dogs, doing stuff. Life is too precious to waste time." Votes: 0

And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine, "I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get into the wine." Votes: 0

I sat down to take a break from writing a book and wrote a spec feature that would end up being the movie 'Lies & Alibis' with Steve Coogan. Votes: 0

We sat in silence, both of us looking up at the stars. He was probably envisioning a machine headed for Pluto. I wished i was on that machine. Votes: 0

Is it no imputation to be arraigned before this House, in which I have sat forty years, and to have my name transmitted to posterity with disgrace and infamy? Votes: 0

What has impressed me the most about the Italians whose tables we've sat at is that they are traditional cooks but also outrageously innovative. These people are wild improvisers. Votes: 0

So, of course, Gish's presentation was well received, which it would have been the case had he only gotten up and said "praise the Lord" and sat back down. Votes: 0

When I was putting the 'Best of Hollywood' book together, I sat down and added up just the list of Westerns I've done, and it came to well over 200. Votes: 0

There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests Votes: 0

When I got my first loft, I still didn't know what I was going to paint... There were long stretches when I just sat there and thought without interruption. Votes: 0

As a child, I was called stupid and lazy. On the SAT I got 159 out of 800 in math. My parents had no idea that I had a learning disability. Votes: 0

Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the way of the Sacramentarians, nor sat in the seat of the Zwinglians, nor followed the Council of the Zurichers. Votes: 0

Because I trained in theater, I always leave a film shoot feeling like I haven't done anything, like I just sat in front of the camera and whispered, essentially. Votes: 0

There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests. Votes: 0

There's many times this year I've sat back and thought, I'm making a living from making things up. It's the only skill I have so I've been really lucky. Votes: 0

I have sat here at my desk, day after day, night after night, a blank sheet of paper before me, unable to lift my pen, trembling and weeping too. Votes: 0

I think lots of boys sat down with 'The Three Musketeers' and felt it was a really long book, but then discovered that it's a really gripping swashbuckling story. Votes: 0

It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair. Votes: 0

The big bad monster wasn't green and hiding under the bed, it wore tasteless floral prints, bright scarlet lipstick and sat in the kitchen smoking and saying 'bollocks' alot. Votes: 0

We just sat there quiet for a long time, which was fine, and I was thinking about way back in the very beginning in the Literal Heart of Jesus... Votes: 0

I know the Virginia players are smart because you need a 1500 SAT to get in. I have to drop bread crumbs to get our players to and from class Votes: 0

Butterflies doing strange things in very beautiful ways were in my mind when I sat down, but by the time my pen was uncapped my thoughts had shifted to rocks. Votes: 0

In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down. Votes: 0

O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet. Only let me make my life simple and straight, like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music. Votes: 0

Content' is a word that has never sat well with me. Like 'maturity'. They are two words I've never liked. I think they imply some sort of decay. A settling. Votes: 0

He is altogether selfish, she thought in some surprise, the only man I have ever sat and talked to alone, and I am impatient; he is simply not very interesting. Votes: 0

Before I went to bed, I sat up till 2 a-clock in my chamber, reading of Mr. Hooke's Microscopical Observations, the most ingenious book that I ever read in my life. Votes: 0

So she sat on with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality. Votes: 0

And by and by Christopher Robin came to the end of things, and he was silent, and he sat there, looking out over the world, just wishing it wouldn't stop. Votes: 0

Now you know " the crow whispered as it sat on his shoulder. "Now you know why you must live." "Why " Bran said not understanding falling falling. "Because winter is coming. Votes: 0

Michael (Jackson) was so shy, he'd sit down and sing behind the couch with his back to me while I sat with my hands over my eyes-and the lights off. Votes: 0

I dropped my dress to the floor and sat on the sofa with renewed determination. This man was going to have sex with me whether he liked it or not. Votes: 0

I sat on cushioned otter-skin: My word was law from Ith to Emain, And shook at Invar Amargin The hearts of the world-troubling seamen, And drove tumult and war away.... Votes: 0

I was this kid who never sat down. Nobody liked me? Well, I'd make sure they'd like me. I was the class clown, always doing crazy stuff and causing riots. Votes: 0

World War II really fascinated me because it's the only time that everybody in this country sat down at the same table, because eating on rations was your patriotic duty. Votes: 0

There's no reason why a player is done at 33, 34. They train better, they eat better, they drink better. This isn't the old days when everybody sat around and drank beer. Votes: 0

My cat brought me a toy. I thanked her and threw it. She sat there gave me a look that made me realize people and dogs are the crazy ones. Votes: 0

If the world does not shine brightly, even just the physical, sensual perception after meditation, you have not meditated. You have sat and thought of things that were not real. Votes: 0

When I grew up, my family, we sat down, all of us to watch 'Good Times,' 'Sanford and Son,' all those shows that were out at that time. Votes: 0

At noon I observed a bevy of nude young native women bathing in the sea, and I went and sat down on there clothes to keep them from being stolen. Votes: 0

I sat in the green room at Radio City Music Hall for the 2006 NFL Draft. At my table, I was encircled by my parents, brother, agent, former coaches and close friends. Votes: 0

You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke. Votes: 0

You guys are weird," Tori said. Simon sat on the crate beside me. "That's right. We are totally weird and completely uncool. Your popularity is plummeting just by being near us. Votes: 0

The auld wife sat at her ivied door, (Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese) A thing she had frequently done before; And her spectacles lay on her apron'd knees... Votes: 0

I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. Votes: 0

When Richie Cunningham drank too many beers, his parents sat him down and explained their concerns. If you live on this earth, you find out that we are all the same. Votes: 0

Whenever I sat down to write something it was never anything I took lightly. It was something that I'd want you, somebody in Japan, and somebody [over there to hear it]. Votes: 0

If you have something critical to sat to a player, preface it by saying something positive. That way when you get to the criticism, at least you know he'll be listening. Votes: 0

When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs. Votes: 0

Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives. Votes: 0

You're alive!" Fezzik cried. The man in black sat immobile, like a ventriloquist's dummy, just his mouth moving. "That is perhaps the most childishly obvious remark I have ever come across... Votes: 0

Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises. Votes: 0

You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke Votes: 0

How come you're so different, I asked once, as we sat in the shade of the pine tree. Yukiko's answer, a sentence learned by heart: Because I fell from a star. Votes: 0

My mum took me to the ballet at three, and that was the only time I sat still, with jaw open, mesmerised. She brought me home, and I wouldn't stop dancing. Votes: 0

Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson, I thought, 'What am I doing this for? I don't ever want to be in a job that involves a Bunsen burner.' Votes: 0

I was in continual agony; I have never in my life been so tired as on the summit of Everest that day. I just sat and sat there, oblivious to everything.... Votes: 0

I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or drafts! Votes: 0

My mind immediately shot to South Africa the moment I sat down to think what I was going to write, what I was going to say. There was no other choice. Votes: 0

Scientists have reaped rich rewards, they have sat high in government councils and have been blinded by the attractiveness of public life-all this because they happen to have been good killers. Votes: 0

The greatest evils of society are goods that have refused to go on, but have sat down on the highway, saying to the world, "We stop here; do you stop also. Votes: 0

What if just you and I hung out, like last summer?" Nick sat up and began twirling a lock of my wet hair around his finger. "Josh never needs to know. Votes: 0

Taking my drink, I moved around the bar to her. Her smile was a little crooked as I sat down. I guessed it had been a wet night for platinum blondes. Votes: 0

My parents mistook me for a sack of potatoes so I sat in the corner of the kitchen for the first 13 years of my life. My birth name is Thom Potatoes. Votes: 0

Sit, Your High Majestic Lord Princes," she said. She yanked a chair from the table and sat herself down. "You're in fine temper," Raffin said. "Your hair is blue," Katsa snapped back. Votes: 0

The terrorists that we are up against today do not rely upon cell phones and SAT phones and emails. They rely on couriers. You cannot intercept what a courier is telling somebody Votes: 0

I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down. Votes: 0

I had a dream about you last night. Eons ago, we created a Universe, then sat back and watched miniature versions of ourselves try to make all the same mistakes we did. Votes: 0

Super Troopers is hilarious. Everybody always thought we somehow - we did Reno way, way before any of us had seen Super Troopers. It sat on the shelf for a couple years. Votes: 0

As we talked of freedom and justice one day for all, we sat down to steaks. I am eating misery, I thought, as I took the first bite. And spit it out. Votes: 0

I did that for 40 years or more. I never had any writer's block. I got up in the morning, sat down at the typewriter - now, computer - lit up a cigarette. Votes: 0

I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin. Votes: 0

I sat with my two best friends, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that only two of us would make it out of there alive. Though I did tend to exaggerate. Votes: 0

I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me some of the best training you can get. Votes: 0

Many times I've sat with a camera and another actor and seen all their fears and insecurities and struggles. You want to support them and help them as much as you can. Votes: 0

There are a lot of self important people who make you believe they're artistes and high on the intelligence quotient and I've sat down and listened to them and just been bored. Votes: 0

The terrorists that we are up against today do not rely upon cell phones and SAT phones and emails. They rely on couriers. You cannot intercept what a courier is telling somebody. Votes: 0

Fancy your having no sunshine in London yesterday! Here it was glorious, like full summer, and I sat up with the window wide open, listening to the discourse of two amorous thrushes. Votes: 0

I want to build / and raise anew / Theseus' Temple and the Stadiums / and where Pericles livedBut there's no money, too much spent today / I had a guest over and we sat together. Votes: 0

I love a broad margin to my life. Sometimes, in a summer morning, having taken my accustomed bath, I sat in my sunny doorway from sunrise til noon, rapt in a revery. Votes: 0

Procrastination is illogical from every viewpoint. It is like the man who wanted to cross the stream, so he sat on the bank to wait for all the water to run by. Votes: 0

One night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe's soul sat down alone to a quiet supper from which it did not rise. Votes: 0

When she faced the noise, she found the mayor's wife in a brand-new bathrobe and slippers. On the breast pocket of the robe sat an embroidered swastika. Propaganda even reached the bathroom. Votes: 0

My dad lived on Sunset Boulevard for a couple of years as a waiter, and he said he'd do a different character every time somebody sat down, just to get some practice. Votes: 0

Because I write prose, when I sat down to write a comic, it feels like my brain's working differently. It actually feels like different bits of my head are springing into action. Votes: 0

We finally sat down and asked ourselves how much of our lives we wanted to give everybody. We had just given a little too much, and it started to become a burden. Votes: 0

Mattie sat at the table, obsessing, orbiting around herself. She was sick of her worried, hostile mind. It would have killed her long before, she felt, if it hadn't needed the transportation. Votes: 0

I guess the most famous person I was so extremely exhilarated by being with - and actually sat next to her at a luncheon at the White House - was Mrs. Obama. Votes: 0

I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or reading poetry or eating ice cream or kissing a boy... Votes: 0

Often, just as when they were children, it was four against one when some argument came up. At least they no longer sat on him to force him to submit to their wishes. Votes: 0

I don't think about what other people expect or anything. I mean, I sit and worrying so much about what I'M thinking, I'd go NUTS if I sat around worrying about other people. Votes: 0

...and he just sat back and stared at the tube, almost interested in what was happening, trying to find the ability to believe in that lie so he could believe the one within. Votes: 0

There was nowhere to sit except the bunk, which was covered with rotting food, and a wooden stool, upon which sat a large fur-covered lump—an old cheese, perhaps, or a dead cat. Votes: 0

When television came along, I'd already done more than 10 years of radio work and I thought everyone would want me. I sat around waiting for the phone to ring - and it didn't. Votes: 0

Slash sat me down at his house and said, You've got to clean up your act. You know you've gone too far when Slash is saying, Look, you've got to get into rehab. Votes: 0

I started writing when I was a journalist. But every time I sat down to write a novel or a story, I ended up writing about myself, which was incredibly annoying and self-involved. Votes: 0

We found a great rhythm. Contractions started kicking in. I sat there with her, right between her legs. We got tribal on it, we danced to it! I was DJ-ing this Brazilian music. Votes: 0

I'm not even the coolest one of my friends. I'm just the guy who sat down and wrote everything down. Like I know plenty of people who do crazier stuff than I do. Votes: 0

I mean it wasn't that they sat around thinking oh gosh I needed more choices in my grocery stores the way I had come to think about it as an American growing up. Votes: 0

We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know. Votes: 0

The reason 'The Carol Burnett Show' did so well in the ratings is because people were looking for that comfort zone when the whole family sat around and watched television and enjoyed it. Votes: 0

And at five o'clock in the morning we left to drive to Old Tucson, and I sat with my mouth open in the van. I was stunned by the beauty of that country. Votes: 0

On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep. Votes: 0

As I sat opposite the Treasury Bench the ministers reminded me of one of those marine landscapes not very unusual on the coasts of South America. You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes. Votes: 0

For hundreds of years, that was the major form of entertainment: The grown-ups sat around and watched the kids play. Now they sit around and watch the television. The actors are the kids. Votes: 0

Not a living thing was to be seen and the cottages that sat huddled close to the ground remained fast shut; the smoke from the chimneys alone still gave a sign of life. Votes: 0

I had just sat down at a table with Star [Jones] and, bam, it just popped all over Star's shoes. Star was like, 'What is that!?' I said, 'My water broke!' Votes: 0

On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea. Votes: 0

We sat down and Lend put his arm around me. Every single jaw at the table dropped. "Man," John said, shaking his head. "All this time I was pretty sure you were gay. Votes: 0

The older generation sat looking at the younger, and Kat wondered exactly when and how the baton had been passed. She wanted to know if it was too late to give it back. Votes: 0

He sat down. I sat down next to him. And after a silence, he spoke again. 'The stars are beautiful because of a flower you don't see...' I answered, 'Yes, of course. Votes: 0

Before I was on 'Idol,' I just sat at home and played video games all day long. Now I get to travel and work towards my dream. It's the best feeling ever. Votes: 0

I did an episode on my talk show on cellulite, and I brought seven women into a dressing room at Nordstrom's in L.A., and we all sat and talked about our cellulite. Votes: 0

Something like fear chilled me as I sat there in the small hours alone-I say alone, for one who sits by a sleeper is indeed alone; perhaps more alone than he can realise. Votes: 0

Lori sat way back in her chair and gave him the once-overWhat in the world's gotten into Ben Lawson? jokes? Flirting? Maybe I should sleep with Molly. I think she's got a magic hooha." Votes: 0

Fire sat unbreathing. A life that was an apology for the life of his father: It was a notion she could understand, beyond words and thought. She understood it the way she understood music. Votes: 0

Well, I wasnt just kind of standing in a queue at McDonalds and someone sat down and said, Youre the director of a $100 million Hollywood movie. Ive been working in commercials for ten years. Votes: 0

For me as a writer, the story has always taken precedence over everything else. I have never sat down to write with broad, sweeping ideas in mind, and certainly never with a specific agenda. Votes: 0

The Land of Civilian was a dry bitter place where you sat in your car staring at drawn curtains and closed doors for hours on end, and where everything was a big, freaking secret. Votes: 0

The pillory and stocks, the gibbet, and even the whipping-post, have seen many a noble victim, many a martyr. But I cannot think any save the most ignoble criminals ever sat in a ducking-stool. Votes: 0

We are basically storytellers, descendants of the old men who sat around the fire and told us legends, fairytales, exploits, or maybe just how funny Og looked when he fell into the tar pit. Votes: 0

By the time I sat down to write 'Family Pictures,' I hadn't written anything in almost two years, and writing, I have discovered, is a muscle: if it isn't exercised, it will atrophy. Votes: 0

It's a good thing we're pretty to look at," I said as Lend sat down on the orange plastic seats next to me. "Because we don't have much else going for us as bowlers. Votes: 0

I've sat looking down into a volcano that could blow at any moment; I've helped catch a shark and several rattlesnakes; I let a tarantula walk across my hand, and I ate rat soup. Votes: 0

If my father could have sat up in bed and said goodbye, I'd have pressed the button. I wouldn't have been able to see for crying, but I would have considered that a duty. Votes: 0

I gave my cat a bath the other day...they love it. He sat there, he enjoyed it, it was fun for me. The fur would stick to my tongue, but other than that... Votes: 0

When I was growing up, there were just the three channels, so as a nation we all sat down to the same meal at the end of the day. Now there's been this explosion. Votes: 0

We were kept at work, and permitted to speak with each other only on such subjects as related to the Convent, and all in the hearing of the old nuns who sat by us. Votes: 0

I sat up, sliding them off, and the quiet around me did not, for once, seem empty and vast. Instead, for the first time in a while, it felt like it already was full. Votes: 0

I'm still that little girl who lisped and sat in the back of the car and threw vegetables at the back of her head when we drove home from the market. That never goes. Votes: 0

And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I'd probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up. Votes: 0

One might say my life has been tragic. Yet, as I sat in pain in the hospital I raised my tired hands toward the sky, palms facing in, fingers spread, and I gave thanks. Votes: 0

When I first became involved with PETA, it was on an 'issue-by-issue' basis - they interviewed me in my old apartment about animal abuse in the circus as I sat on a leather sofa. Votes: 0

Here sat Marilla Cuthbert, when she sat at all, slightly distrustful of sunshine, which seemed to her too dancing and irresponsible a thing for a world which was meant to be taken seriously… Votes: 0

In the afternoon, the king and queen sat to hear the business of their kingdom. At least, the queen sat to hear the business; Costis was still not sure what the king was doing. Votes: 0

I'd much rather have sat there and just been a fly on the wall, instead of having to smile at people. I'd rather have been a waitress. Just gone round and stared at people. Votes: 0

Time," the Captain said, "is not what you think." He sat down next to Eddie. "Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning. Votes: 0

That was a good day for me," Skulduggery said. "I didn't have to hit anyone. I didn't have to shoot anyone. I just sat around and talked to my good friend and partner, Valkyrie Cain. Votes: 0

I went through the fields, and sat for an hour afraid to pass a cow. The cow looked at me, and I looked at the cow, and whenever I stirred the cow gave over eating. Votes: 0

It came to my house.It sat on my shoulders.Your shadow is yours. I told it so. I said it was yours.I have carried it with me too long. I give it back. Votes: 0

I wanted to find something I could do at home. I sat down with a friend and made a list of all the things I could try, and one of them was writing a novel. Votes: 0

I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading a book. It's a misfortune that it is usually the other way round. Votes: 0

I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either. Votes: 0

Beth ceased to fear him from that moment, and sat there talking to him as cozily as if she had known him all her life, for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride. Votes: 0

Cole sat back up, slowly, and I opened my eyes. His expression, as ever, was blank, the face he wore when something mattered. He said, "That's how I would kiss you, if I loved you. Votes: 0

We just sat there and watched the plane pass the island, and it never came back, he said. I could see it on the radar. It makes you feel terrible. Life was cheap in war. Votes: 0

I had the idea of a boy who was a wizard and didn't yet know what he was. I never sat down and wondered, "What shall I write about next?". It just came, fully formed. Votes: 0

They look at what's more important, like subjects to help with the SAT's, etc. They miss that music is vital. It offers a break from a stressful day of science and math and it's different. Votes: 0

I don't like talk and I don't like talkers. Like Ma Barker. That's what she always said, 'Ma Barker doesn't like talk and she doesn't like talkers.' She just sat there with her gun. Votes: 0

God... sat down for a moment when the dog was finished in order to watch it... and to know that it was good, that nothing was lacking, that it could not have been made better. Votes: 0

We just sat there and watched the plane pass the island, and it never came back," he said. "I could see it on the radar. It makes you feel terrible. Life was cheap in war. Votes: 0

Anyone who has ever sat in a train as it rushes through a dark night will know that sometimes there are long minutes when the coaches slide smoothly along without so much as a shudder. Votes: 0

She sat one of the fluffy cats in my lap and stuffed the other down my shirt. She turned and left. 'There,' said the large man. 'The kittens will make your sad go away. Votes: 0

It is said Somerset Maugham traveled the world with a notebook to learn the essence of life and Kafka sat in a room for the same objective. Yet Kafka came out with a better world-view. Votes: 0