Quotes about Waited

Women waited 144 years before earning suffrage. If a mature, multiparty democracy was so darn easy, everybody would have one. Votes: 3

Hunched down in the small bright room Nel waited. Waited for the oldest cry. A scream not for others, not in sympathy for a burnt child, or a dead father, but a deeply personal cry for one's own pain. A loud, strident: 'Why me?' She waited. Votes: 3

I waited for my first kiss. Votes: 2

If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word. Votes: 2

I have, before now, waited for a pen to perform a macro. Votes: 2

I waited with a beeper for a year and 10 months to get that gift. Votes: 2

As a person with terrible handwriting, I love the computer. I've waited all my life for the computer. Votes: 2

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault. Votes: 2

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. Votes: 2

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it. Votes: 2

Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us. Votes: 2

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. Votes: 2

Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year for better. Votes: 2

It's a terrible thing to have to tell your fans, who have waited like Detroit's have, that their team won't win it this year. But it's better than lying to them. Votes: 2

When I read that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had disappeared - a state-of-the-art Boeing 777, said to be an incredibly safe way to travel - I waited patiently for the chance to learn what happened. Votes: 2

I've waited my entire life to be busy. Whenever I hear actors complain about being busy, I think, 'shut up.' Because you do, you wait to be successful or to be able to work. Votes: 2

I used to think like Moses. That knocked me down for a couple years and put me in prison. Then I start thinking like Job. Job waited and became the wealthiest and richest man ever 'cause he believed in God. Votes: 2

I'd love to do a safari holiday somewhere in Africa - maybe Kenya or Tanzania. I have never been, and we've deliberately waited until the children are older so that they could appreciate it, learn something and come back with stories. Votes: 2

I never waited for my Irish Cream coffee to be the right temperature, with a storm happening outside and my fireplace crackling... I wrote every day, at home, in the office, whether I felt like it or not. I just did it. Votes: 2

The stock market crash in October 1929 didn't destroy a particularly large amount of wealth or make people highly pessimistic. Rather, it made companies and consumers very unsure about future income, and so led them to stop spending as they waited for more information. Votes: 2

I don't think you should be allowed to eat in a restaurant if you haven't waited tables at least once. It's so irritating when I see people being rude to waiters, like, it makes me want to slit their throats! Like, really? You're really this inconsiderate? Votes: 2

The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards. Votes: 2

Children that have been petted and waited upon, always expect it; and if their expectations are not met, they are disappointed and discouraged. This same disposition will be seen through their whole lives, and they will be helpless, leaning upon others for aid, expecting others to favor them and yield to them. Votes: 2

Bill Clinton sitting on Air Force One getting his hair cut while people around the country cooled their heels and waited for him, became a metaphor for a populist president who had gotten drunk with the perks of his own power and was sort of, you know, not sensitive to what people wanted. Votes: 2

I don't think auditioning will ever faze me again after the 'Grease' TV experience. It was fierce. There were thousands of people auditioning in four cities. I flew from home in Minneapolis to audition in L.A. I waited in line all day. I arrived at 7 A.M. and wasn't seen until 6 P.M. Votes: 2

I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old, and I waited tables here three to four nights a week for several years while I was trying to support myself and my daughter and the day I got that acceptance at Harvard Law School was an unforgettable day. Votes: 2

I was cleaning out the pigsty at a farm in Wales, where my mother had rented a room, when the results of my final school exam were handed to me by the postman, along with the news that I had a state scholarship to Oxford. I had waited for this letter for so many weeks that I had abandoned hope, deciding that I had failed ignominiously. Votes: 2

Every moment waited is a moment wasted.... Votes: 0

Death was past, life not come: so he waited. Votes: 0

Remorse-Regret that one waited so long to do it. Votes: 0

She waited for you in a thousand different ways. Votes: 0

I waited tables at Govnr's Park Tavern in Denver. Votes: 0

I waited a second. Should I? No... but I will. Votes: 0

I waited. Women talk when they want to. Or don't. Votes: 0

I realize I waited too long but please don't move on. Votes: 0

I've waited almost 10 months for this revenge, I know I deserve it. Votes: 0

The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives. Votes: 0

I knew if I waited long enough, the Republican Party would rock. Votes: 0

Being a teen idol is what I've waited for my whole life. Votes: 0

Being a teen idol is what I've waited for my whole life Votes: 0

If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all. Votes: 0

The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone. Votes: 0

I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are. Votes: 0

Who are you?' One who has waited long for you to speak. Votes: 0

The time I had waited probably made the difference between success and failure. Votes: 0

I knew if I waited around long enough something like this would happen. Votes: 0

Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!" Votes: 0

Eddie waited 'til he finished high school, he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo. Votes: 0

I've waited all my life to say this... I weigh less than Elizabeth Taylor! Votes: 0

If you're not embarrassed when you ship your first version, you waited too long. Votes: 0

I've never had a dream that didn't come true, if I waited long enough. Votes: 0

If you wait until you have to change, you may have waited too long. Votes: 0

If I knocked and waited at every door, who knows what I might miss? Votes: 0

We all waited on an afterlife. Only I planned to be alive for mine. Votes: 0

I drank coffee and read old books and waited for the year to end. Votes: 0

So Janie waited a bloom time, and a green time and an orange time. Votes: 0

I got married, I really waited a long time - three days after I graduated. Votes: 0

I've waited a long time to be part of a franchise like this [the Yankees]. Votes: 0

It is nobody's right to be waited on and nobody's fate to do the waiting. Votes: 0

I have never waited for anything the way I've waited for today, when nothing will happen. Votes: 0

And for the Keeper, waves splashed, trees swayed, stones protected knowledge, and wind waited for orders. Votes: 0

If I'd waited until I was well rested to read, I never would have read anything. Votes: 0

There's nothing undignified about lying about all day and being waited on by servants, sipping bloody champagne. Votes: 0

December 21, 2012 represents a unique opportunity for renaissance, renewal and reinvention that people have waited for for centuries. Votes: 0

I waited far too long, being optimistic rather than realistic. I also failed to do my homework Votes: 0

We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our constitutional and God-given rights. Votes: 0

Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length. Votes: 0

she waited to change , and i waited to change , and we both wanted what we couldn't have Votes: 0

She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her. Votes: 0

I waited and waited, and when no message came, I knew it must have been from you. Votes: 0

And he waited. It was only for a few seconds, but it felt like a small forever. Votes: 0

So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star. Votes: 0

War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. Votes: 0

Men who have lived significant lives are men who never waited: not for money, security, ease, or women. Votes: 0

I smiled, I waited, I was circumspect; O never, never, never write that I missed life or loving. Votes: 0

I made some salt and pepper shakers a while back and waited three years for them to come. Votes: 0

The images of his infinite pasts and infinite futures washed over him as he waited, paralyzed, in the present. Votes: 0

The worst mistake you can make is walking away from someone who actually stood there and waited for you. Votes: 0

The New Year, like an Infant Heir to the whole world, was waited for, with welcomes, presents, and rejoicings. Votes: 0

The Great Arizona Desert is full of the bleaching bones of people who waited for me to start something. Votes: 0

I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me. Votes: 0

We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started. Votes: 0

Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one. Votes: 0

The moment our lips met, I knew with pure and piercing certainty that I would have waited for him forever. Votes: 0

His passion has aroused the best and the beast in man. And the beast waited for him in the kitchen. Votes: 0

The worst mistake you can make is walking away from the person who actually stood there and waited for you... Votes: 0

I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain. Votes: 0

If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be as overpopulated as it is now. Votes: 0

She had been to a tea-party with an antediluvian monster, and that they had been waited on by up-to-date men-servants." Votes: 0

I waited tables in New York, and when you're in that line of work, you often have a horrible boss. Votes: 0

It was the truth, vivid and monstrous, that all the while he had waited the wait was itself his portion. Votes: 0

My first waitress job was at Johnny Rockets in New Jersey, and then I waited tables at a sports bar. Votes: 0

I just take jobs that will have me. I'm an actress that works. I'm not an actress who's ever waited. 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

If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long. Votes: 0

She knocked and waited, because when the door was opened from within, it had the potential to lead someplace quite different. Votes: 0

I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating. Votes: 0

They waited. The door did not open. The rain did not stop. The darkness made a tent and covered them completely. Votes: 0

A star-spangled sky and you were looking the other way,the night beckoned and waited and you waited for the day. Votes: 0

It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer. Votes: 0

I don't know if I ever told you this before, but you're the only one I ever waited for this long. Votes: 0

If God himself has waited six thousand years for someone to contemplate his works, my book can wait for a hundred. Votes: 0

It's intoxicating for a man to be waited on. Combine this with very, very skillful sex, and that will get them. Votes: 0

Women have waited millions of years, growing separate as another species, with visions and priorities no man-words, no man-measurements can comprehend. Votes: 0

I was able to overcome this because of the fans who waited for me. I promise not to disappoint you anymore. Votes: 0

I waited for a long time and there was nothing but the pain of wanting something I couldn't seem to find. Votes: 0

The man who, in a fit of melancholy, kills himself today, would have wished to live had he waited a week. Votes: 0

Earth has waited for them, All the time of their growth Fretting for their decay: Now she has them at last. Votes: 0

Maybe, I think, when you've waited a long time to see something, you need to find your way to it in glimpses. Votes: 0

We shall not grow weary of waiting upon God if we remember how long and how graciously He once waited for us. Votes: 0

I had to have a complete liver transplant. I waited with a beeper for a year and 10 months to get that gift. Votes: 0

I described the pyramid we'd found and waited for him to jump on the bandwagon. Unfortunately he's afraid of wagons. And bands. Votes: 0

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him. Votes: 0

No second chance?" A wry smile twisted Carrick's lips. "There might have been, had I not waited so long to take it. Votes: 0

I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn't have what I wanted. Votes: 0

It was the kiss of a man who had waited years for the moment, and feared that it would never come again. 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

I never wanted to be the person that waited for a stranger to come to town - I wanted to be the stranger! Votes: 0

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy." Votes: 0

No one's just going to hand you a career. I waited for years for someone to hand me one and it never happened. Votes: 0

The true man of the past waited upon Heaven when dealing with people and did not wait upon people when dealing with Heaven. Votes: 0

I waited two thousand years for you, Grace Alexander," he whispered in her ear. "And you were worth every second of it. Votes: 0

Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you. Votes: 0

I caught my wife in bed with my best friend the other day. I was crushed. They could have waited till I'd got out. Votes: 0

She simply stood there and waited for him to show her the next move. And hoped it only involved sword fighting and not seduction. Votes: 0

We are all lies waiting for the day when we will break free from our cocoon and become the beautiful truth we waited for. Votes: 0

I want to know what became of the changes we waited for love to bring/Were they only the fitful dreams of some greater awakening? Votes: 0

By the shore of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, At the doorway of his wigwam, In the pleasant Summer morning, Hiawatha stood and waited. Votes: 0

I can't explain inspiration. A writer is either compelled to write or not. And if I waited for inspiration I wouldn't really be a writer. Votes: 0

There. She had thanked Sebastian. She waited for a bolt of lightning to shoot out of the clouds and striker her dead. But nothing happened. Votes: 0

We're going to hear an earful, but it's going to be an earful of wonderment and happiness that people waited for for a long time. Votes: 0

I waited a long time to have children because I had this career that was kind of like my kid, it required as much nurturing. Votes: 0

I could not ask for more than the love you give me... Cause it's all I've waited for... and I could not ask for more. Votes: 0

Only the free-wheeling artist-explorer, non-academic, scientist-philosopher, mechanic, economist-poet who has never waited for patron-starting and accrediting of his co-ordinate capabilities holds the prime initiative today. Votes: 0

Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head. Votes: 0

As Lacy waited for her turn to speak on Peter's behalf, she thought back to the first time she realized she could hate her own child. Votes: 0

I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love. Votes: 0

Play is older than culture, for culture, however inadequately defined, always presupposes human society, and animals have not waited for man to teach them their playing. Votes: 0

I loved the way he kissed me, as if he had to, as if he'd go crazy if he didn't and had nearly waited too long. Votes: 0

Some patient dogs had waited a long time for the fatest bone to come, but the impatient had gone to scavenge for the little it could see. Votes: 0

A one-night stand that waited three years to tell me I had a son. I needed cash flow fast, It was time to get into the business. Votes: 0

My parents are divorced, and that was the last thing I wanted for myself. I waited until I was 36 to propose, and I'm really proud of that. Votes: 0

We hear again and again from founders, that they wish they had waited to start a startup until they came up with an idea they really loved. Votes: 0

The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered the chance; and made chance the servitor. Votes: 0

Hope you'll forgive me, never meant wrong. Tried to be patient, but waited too long. But I would've came back.. But I would've came back for you. Votes: 0

Ennui, the demon, waited at the threshold of his noiseless refuge, and drove away the stirring hopes and enlivening expectations, which form the better part of life. Votes: 0

I knew I was too late—and I was glad something bloodthirsty waited in the wings. For in failing at this, I forfeited any desire to live. Votes: 0

She knew that the horse, born to serve nobly, had waited in vain for someone noble to serve. His spirit knew that nobility had gone out of men. Votes: 0

Sufre mas el que espera siempre que aquel que nunca espero a nadie? Does he who is always waiting suffer more than he who's never waited for anyone? Votes: 0

I never waited 27 years, because 27 years ago I was just born. My parents never told me, 'If you don't win Roland Garros we take you to the orphanage. Votes: 0

If you were a gentleman, you would offer to buy me one as well." "If you were a lady, you would have waited for me to make the offer. Votes: 0

I've waited my whole life to be able to have body hair - but I never thought I'd have back hair. But what are you going to do, right? Votes: 0

Start early "“ the sooner you start, the more you will have in your account when you retire. I actually waited until 30 before contributing"¦that was a big mistake. Votes: 0

I start to unbutton his shirt. "Got to get these clothes off," I mutter. "You don't know how long I've waited to hear you say that." Smile. Lopsided. Sexy. Votes: 0

She waited for him with shallow breaths, head thrown back, eyes half closed, completely exposed in her trust of him, and it unravelled the last thread holding him together. Votes: 0

If everyone waited to do something good until they had purely unselfish motivations, no good would ever get done in the world. The point is to do it anyway. Votes: 0

He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths - so that he could 'come over' some afternoon to a stranger's garden. Votes: 0

...if a child waited to speak until all the grown-ups settled down and gave her some room to say her piece, the most important things would never get said. Votes: 0

One day One day I waited for myself I said to myself Guillaume it's time you came So I could know just who I am I who know others Votes: 0

Necromancer gives readers what they've long waited for -- a rousing conclusion to the trilogy begun in Nomadin and continued in NiDemon. Put this trilogy on your 'must-keep' shelf. Enjoy! Votes: 0

I will always need you," I whisper. "All of this time I've waited for you. And you were never coming for me. Why did you let me wait for you? Votes: 0

Neel takes a sharp breath and I know exactly what it means. It means: I have waited my whole life to walk through a secret passage built into a bookshelf. Votes: 0

We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss. Votes: 0

He smiled, she smiled, they knew right away, this was the day they'd waited for their whole lives, for a moment the whole world revolved around one boy & one girl. Votes: 0

It's not rash, she said, a fiery tone to her words. I've waited two years for him to realize how I felt. He's just a little slow on the uptake. Votes: 0

No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him. Votes: 0

Sometimes a song can take up to a year to write, and because I waited that year and waited to work on it that day, it came up that extra 50 percent. Votes: 0

Mostly though, they waited. For the mail. For the news. For the bells. For breakfast and lunch and dinner. For one day to be over and the next day to begin. Votes: 0

A European brewery has purchased Anheuser-Busch, the makers of Budweiser, for $52 billion. Which is a a shame because if they had waited until happy hour, they could have paid half that. Votes: 0

The last time somebody pointed out that cowboys ride horses, not tricycles, I shot him. Of course, I waited until another gunslinger gunned him down, but nevertheless, I still shot him. Votes: 0

... the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by those who moved forward, and so will space. Votes: 0

I heard a guy tell me he liked cherries. I waited to hear if he was going to say "tomatoes", then I realized he like cherries just. That joke is ridiculous. Votes: 0

I think that I could have been take apart if the bear market continued, but I waited three years before I felt the bear market was over and I was right. Votes: 0

The fans may be surprised to know that during my freshman year at Oglethorpe, I waited on tables and never made an error, never dropped a tray nor broke a dish. Votes: 0

He just waited until I stopped talking and said, 'Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you need now is a gun, a gut, and three ex-wives. So what's your theory? Votes: 0

And I was yet aware that this was only a moment, that the world waited outside, as hungry as a tiger, and that trouble stretched above us, longer than the sky. Votes: 0

She waited for me to play out the string, to find the place where she had stopped and was waiting for me, to follow the breadcrumb tail until it dead-ended into her. Votes: 0

I pick you. Because you allowed me to. Thank you for believing you deserve to be loved. I have waited an eternity to find someone who believes this is available for everyone. Votes: 0

I said to myself, 'I've waited a long time in my life to have a child, and I'm missing it, I want to continue to have a career, but not this way. Votes: 0

Leo waited while the fish centaur put away his supplies. Aphros's lobster-claw horns kept swimming around in his thick hair, and Leo had to resist the urge to try and rescue them. Votes: 0

Our first No. 1 was 'Why' and we waited two years to have another one. It felt like forever, and now I feel like I'm celebrating one every few months, which I love. Votes: 0

What gets me is, I waited in line for an hour to do this. I could have experienced essentially the same level of enjoyment merely by sticking my finger down my throat. Votes: 0

I waited for the train at Coventry; I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge, To watch the three tall spires; and there I shaped The city's ancient legend into this. Votes: 0

I waited a long time out in the world before I gave myself permission to fail. Please don't even bother asking. Don't bother telling the world you are ready. Show it. Do it. Votes: 0

If everyone waited to become an expert before starting, no one would become an expert. To become an EXPERT, you must have EXPERIENCE. To get EXPERIENCE, you must EXPERIMENT! Stop waiting. Start stuff. Votes: 0

Don't celebrate yet, Ms. Lane. Don't believe anything is dead until you've burned it, poked around in its ashes, and then waited a day or two to see if anything rises from them. Votes: 0

I waited and worked, and watched the inferior exalted for nearly thirty years; and when recognition came at last, it was too late to alter events, or to make a difference in living. Votes: 0

I waited. Because with Eli, he was never trying to get you to finish for him. He always knew where he was going, even if it took a little while to get there. Votes: 0

The silence stretched out between us as I stared at him, the tears blurring my vision as I waited for him to save me from this torment. Surely he could find a way. Votes: 0

There was her face, like a summer peach, beautiful and warm, and the light of the candles reflected in her dark eyes. [He] held his breath. The entire world waited and held its breath. Votes: 0

I was a huge fan of 'Avenue Q' long before I ever dreamed of being a part of it. I saw it off-Broadway at the Vineyard and waited at the stage door for autographs! Votes: 0

Men have never fully used [their] powers to advance the good in life, because they have waited upon some power external to themselves and to nature to do the work they are responsible for doing. Votes: 0

We need to go there and make sure we bring that cup home. and if we do succeed, then we'll dedicate it to the fans that have waited so patiently since 1984. (on the Champions League) Votes: 0

The time is not there for us to act any more, the time we waited for is here right now for us to act brightly and create a bright future, for the future coming generations. Votes: 0

His body rigid with terror as he waited for the savages to something horrible to him—bash his head with clubs, or stab him with spears, or… …or tap him on the shoulder. Votes: 0

I am curious about color as one would be visiting a new country, because I have never concentrated so closely on color expression. Up to now I have waited at the gates of the temple. Votes: 0

Some women waited for a night in shining armor. She, apparently, had ended up with a knight in black jeans and leather, who wanted to chase her down and have his evil way with her. Votes: 0

I left my home in Massachusetts after college to move to New York City to pursue my dreams of acting. I took roles for free. I waited tables. I didn't care because it was work. Votes: 0

How do new watches catch up with old watches that have had more time to get a head start? This is what I pondered while I waited on her to fall in love with me. Votes: 0

I waited for each film to become important for me. If I had no ideas for a film, I didn't do a film. So I made not that many films for fifty-four years of working. Votes: 0

The smallest snowstorm on record took place an hour ago in my back yard. It was approximately two flakes. I waited for more to fall, but that was it. The entire storm was two flakes. Votes: 0