Wait Quotes

#1. Wait not while your foe fits arrow to bowstring when you can send your own arrow into him.

Babur

#2. I promise I'll come back. No matter what happens." Though his voice was only a whisper, there was a fierceness behind it. I believed him completely.
"I'll wait for you," I told him.

Kristen Simmons

#3. Dogs believe every stranger is a friend they haven't met yet. Cats wait for a proper invitation.

Vicki Brown

#4. Nice dress Zoey. It looks just like mine. Oh, wait! It used to be mine.
Aphrodite laughed a throaty, I'm-so-grown-and-you're-just-a-kid laugh.
I really hate it when girls do that.I mean, yes, she's older, but I have boobs, too.

P.C. Cast

#5. And I can't wait to see where the road leads from here.

Dean Stockwell

#6. You just can't wait to get out of your head, can you?"
"if you were in here you might want that too.

Maggie Stiefvater

#7. Hunger gnawed at my stomach, but I was afraid someone would be in the kitchen again. So I found myself staring at the front door. Freedom seemed just a doorknob-turn away.
When I did open the door, freedom didn't wait - a half-naked Hayden did.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#8. Trading is a waiting game. You sit, you wait, and you make a lot of money all at once. Profits come in bunches. The trick when going sideways between home runs is not to lose too much in between.

Michael Covel

#9. I am just a copier, an impostor. I wait, I read magazines. After a while my brain sends me a product.

Philippe Starck

#10. You can't wait for the perfect situation. Find something you love. People you love. And get out there and you'll discover it.

Tony Robbins

#11. And now, dear Lord, I cannot wait Because I have a luncheon date.

John Betjeman

#12. When it comes to killing my sin, I don't wait for the miracle, I act the miracle.

John Piper

#13. Whatever I'm working on, I get excited. It does not matter whether I have done the same piece many times. I still can't wait to get out to the shop in the morning.

Sam Maloof

#14. I've been watching 'Game of Thrones,' and I can't wait for 'Bored to Death' to come back, it's one of my faves.

Michelle Forbes

#15. I want nothing. Oh wait, I want you to get the couch out of my office, and then after that I want and need nothing from you again.

Tracie Redmond

#16. I think I'll just go down and have some pudding and wait for it all to turn up - it always does in the end.

J.K. Rowling

#17. Leave her out of this"
"Why? Because you're doing her? Oh wait, I forgot. Stiffs don't do that sort of thing

Veronica Roth

#18. I just have a way about me where people know that they don't tell me what to do, they kind of just wait for me to do it.

Estelle

#19. People are content to wait a long time for salvation, but prefer dinner to turn up inside an hour.

Terry Pratchett

#20. Operation: Sexy Time will just have to wait for another day. I

Ruby Dixon

#21. If you wait for love to give your life meaning, you will go through life without both

Linda Poindexter

#22. You tell yourself that noise is what defines silence. Without noise, silence would not be golden. Noise is the exception. Think of deep outer space, the incredible cold and quiet where your wife and kid wait. Silence, not heaven, would be reward enough.

Chuck Palahniuk

#23. Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightening to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.

Chuck Close

#24. The most important and visible outcropping of the action bias in excellent companies is their willingness to try things out, to experiment. If you wait until you believe you are safe, sure to be without occasional foolish feelings, you've most likely waited too long.

Tom Peters

#25. Sex was not worth the wait. After we did it, I was kind of like, that's it?

Kevin Jonas

#26. Cimil watched Helena disappear into the pawnshop. "Ha! Did I tell you this was gonna be drama-tastic, or what?" she said toward the roof of the car. "Just wait 'til you see what I have coming next! That vampire's gonna be so jealous, his head's going to spin like a Beyblade.

Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

#27. An aging writer has the not insignificant satisfaction of a shelf of books behind him that, as they wait for their ideal readers to discover them, will outlast him for a while.

John Updike

#28. Exercise must become a regular part of your day or personal effectiveness system. Do not wait to start exercising because you want to lose weight or because the doctor has given you some scary update on your health. Exercise to keep fit and stay healthy. It's not too late to start now.

Archibald Marwizi

#29. When men change, maybe Bond will change. But let's wait. I'm not holding my breath.

Barbara Broccoli

#30. Marriage isn't a business, co-owned and managed. It's a love story. The most important things we can give our marriage are time and romance, kissing and laughing. Laundry can wait, but a love story needs to be written a little bit every day. WHEN

Shauna Niequist

#31. That slow burn wait while it gets dark, bruising the sun.
I feel grown up with you in your car, I know it's dumb.

Lorde

#32. She wasn't going to sit down and patiently wait for a miracle to help her. She was going to rush into life and wrest from it what she could.

Margaret Mitchell

#33. If the lift is broken, I'll just sit and wait for them to sort it out. I don't believe in friendly conversation or chit-chat.

Marco Pierre White

#34. Worship isn't a feeling you wait for, it's a choice you make.

Chris Tomlin

#35. My job is to defeat the guy in front of me, do it until he quits, and then wait for them to send in the next guy.

Ndamukong Suh

#36. We must first wait for God's law before we catch at his promises.

Matthew Henry

#37. The world is going to change, by default, but if you wait for the world to change you, the change will not be for the better.

Phillip Hale

#38. Secrets of the cosmos will begin to unravel. I, for one, can't wait.

Lisa Randall

#39. Spring is worth the wait. Life is worth the death.

N.D. Wilson

#40. I'm saying that I can wait. For now. But when things get back to normal - assuming that ever happens - I want my shot. We can make each other happy, Faythe. I know it. And I'm done walking away from things I want just because they don't come easily. You're worth the work.

Rachel Vincent

#41. The boys went off to fight with swords while girls had to learn dog barks and owl hoots. No wonder princesses were so impotent in fairy tales, she thought. If all they could do was smile, stand straight, and speak to squirrels, then what choice did they have but to wait for a boy to rescue them?

Soman Chainani

#42. Let's draw the boundary early not wait until it's obvious like Hitler's Germany and insist that the state shall never, never, take the life of a person!

Jerry Brown

#43. The point is clear. People who get things done in this world don't wait for the spirit to move them; they move the spirit.

David J. Schwartz

#44. You don't get miracles. You can pray for them. You can wait for them. If you wait, life passes you by. You don't get miracles. If you're lucky, you get your life.

Michelle West

#45. To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other.

Helena Blavatsky

#46. You get good at being by yourself and you're condemned to a life sentence of solitude. You think, "Wait a minute! I should have been a tap dancer or something". But in my life, I feel like I take my stories to people orally.

Sandra Cisneros

#47. We got trapped in the limo during a thunderstorm on our way to the reception. The bride wanted to wait for the storm to pass before they went in. It was actually an awesome chance for the couple to have some quiet time together after their ceremony.

Julie Roberts

#48. It's all part of the bartender's creed: make them fresh, make them cold, but most of all, if they're a little overeager, make them wait.

William Lashner

#49. You must be very secure in your masculinity to parade around in those budgie smugglers."
"Oh, I'm very secure." He see-sawed the towel over his back. "And I'm happy to show you the rear view of my budgie smugglers - oh wait - you already saw it when you were checking out my ass.

Tracey Alvarez

#50. Wait!" she said. "What decompression did you use? My suit is an older model. It uses the version 5.1 video compression. Tell the tech that, and have them try it again.

James S.A. Corey

#51. When forgiveness is necessary, don't wait too long. We must begin to forgive, because without forgiving, we choke off our own joy; we kill our own soul. People carrying hate and resentment can invest themselves so deeply in that resentment that they gradually define themselves in terms of it.

Lewis B. Smedes

#52. They want the PK to dress like a grandparent and behave like Jesus. But they also seem to wait for the time when the pastor's daughter makes out and the son drinks beer.

Barnabas Piper

#53. Death comes to those who wait. And to those who don't. So either way ... - CHARLOTTE JEAN DAVIDSON, GRIM REAPER

Darynda Jones

#54. This I can report from the front lines: life never calms down long enough for us to wait until tomorrow to start living the lives we deserve.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

#55. Wait a second," I said. "If we're worried about an attack, why not just blow up the entrance? Seal the tunnel?" "Great idea!" Grover said. "I'll get the dynamite!

Rick Riordan

#56. On the contrary, there most certainly is something between us, bella, and I can't wait to explore it - preferably while you're naked, and I'm pounding my cock into that sweet pussy of yours. But I'm a patient man. I'll wait.

Jessica Prince

#57. Picture God nudging you and me awake before dawn because He can hardly wait to be with us.

Beth Moore

#58. Patience, young grasshopper," he teased. "Good things come to those who wait." "How very wise of you," I teased back.
Russ shrugged. "I eat a lot of fortune cookies.

Kelly Oram

#59. Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait ... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.'

Michael Phelps

#60. I've always found a cornucopia of roles open to me. Wait
did I just say cornucopia? I think I meant plethora.

Danny Nucci

#61. At a party, I am the kind of girl who will wait until the end of the night before I really get going. I'm a little anti-social at first, but I'm not immune to dancing on tables either.

Emily VanCamp

#62. If you have time don't wait for time.

Benjamin Franklin

#63. In the middle of the night, if you have decided to do something good for the world, don't wait for the morning to come!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#64. As the season of believing seems to wind down let me gently remind you that many dreams still wait in the wings. Many authentic sparks must be fanned before passion performs her perfect work in you. Throw another log on the fire.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

#65. It's moments like these that you wait for not knowing what you
are waiting for, but when they come . . . you know that this is
something you could have waited your life for !

Durjoy Dutta

#66. Newrose, oldrose, Queen Anne's lace. Water, river, stone, and sun. Wind over hill, under tree. Past the border none can see. Climbing into dark for you Will you wait in stars for me? I

Ally Condie

#67. It is difficult to prove yourself reliable when people are required to wait for you.

Wes Fesler

#68. I May Not Be The One You're
Waiting For,
But This Is True That,
I Will Wait For You Till I Die
I May Not Be The One You Loved
"The Most" But This Is True That,
You're The One I Love "The
Most

Bernard Dsa

#69. Hey, wait a minute, I was a Spice Girl once!

Madonna Ciccone

#70. The individual college youth cannot wait forever until the problem of his education is decided.

Charles Hamilton Houston

#71. Remake the wild, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world. You cannot wait for anyone else, even a god, to do that for you.

Rick Riordan

#72. The fuel light's on, Frank! We're all going to die! Wait, wait ... Oh, my mistake - that's the intercom light.

Gary Larson

#73. I will carefully stand guard and if anyone tries to hurt someone in the camp again, I will carefully spill their guts across the wasteland floor and carefully wait for the vultures to feast on the remains.

C.J. Redwine

#74. Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say "tomorrow." Their name is today.

Gabriela Mistral

#75. It's not a bad thing, if you're responsible about it. Just don't start having boyfriends. Wait until you've found your husband."
"And how am I supposed to find a husband if I can't have a boyfriend until then?" I asked ironically.

Zack Love

#76. Understand
it ALWAYS makes sense. Sense can't be avoided. If it first seems to be non-sense, wait: roots will reveal themselves.

Richard Foreman

#77. Wake up, sleeping beauty," he whispered in her ear. "The sun is just about to crest the mountains."
"Tell it to wait," she mumbled.

Donna Grant

#78. He could heal them at once, but they prefer to wait for an angel and a wonder. To

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#79. From the great Jack London: "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." What inspires you?

Gayle Lynds

#80. I've been lucky to find people who want to work with me, whom I respect and like, but the truth is there aren't that many good projects out there. And we make way, way too many movies. So it's not always going to happen with every project. But I try and wait it out.

Kirsten Dunst

#81. It was the dilemma of the watchers: they didn't want to wait around for nothing at all, some idiot standing on the precipice of the towers, but they didn't want to miss the moment either, if he slipped, or got arrested, or dove, arms stretched.

Colum McCann

#82. There is no good reason. Don't waste your life waiting for good reasons ... You'll wait and wait.

Susan Minot

#83. Gather information. Seek weakness. Watch, wait, and do what you have to to stay alive!

Octavia E. Butler

#84. This is hell. Today, in our times, hell must be like this. A huge, empty room: we are tired, standing on our feet, with a tap which drips while we cannot drink the water, and we wait for something which will certainly be terrible, and nothing happens and nothing continues to happen.

Primo Levi

#85. You know what they say; all good things come to those who wait." "Never is a very long time to wait." He chuckled. "There's a lot to be said for delayed gratification, you know. Given half a chance, I'd delay yours for a very long time - hours maybe." "That's

Victoria Vane

#86. 6If I want to write, I write. So just do it. If you think that making time for writing is a problem, just wait until you finish a book, and find a great aching desert of emptiness stretching before you.

Thorne Moore

#87. It is impossible to pursue happiness. Nobody has ever pursued it. One has to wait for it. And it is not a right at all. No law court can force you to be happy or force happiness to be with you. No government violence is capable of making you happy. No power can make you happy ...

Rajneesh

#88. Don't wait for the world to change. Change your mind about the world.

Alan Cohen

#89. I mean, I think we are a better team than last year offensively, but there is always a question with the Minnesota Twins. We'll just have to wait and see.

Torii Hunter

#90. Being an executive producer allows me the opportunity to create original content, and I can't wait to show my fans what we have in store on 'Kocktails with Khloe.'

Khloe Kardashian

#91. Interviews seem like such artificial situations, everyone on their best behavior trying desperately to hide behind a professional facade. Did my face fit? I shall have to wait and see.

E.L. James

#92. Love's not my religion. I don't wait, I don't hope, and I don't believe. I'm free; I take.

Jaxy Mono

#93. I'm a comedian so I'm not waiting around for someone to write a part for me. I don't have to wait for somebody else to create my next job; I have the ability to basically write my own ticket.

Wanda Sykes

#94. Don't wait for the opportunities to come, go grab them.

Harsh Malik

#95. Just wait a second. We can't leave it like this. But this too, wasn't true. Leaving was easy. It was everything else that was so damned hard.

Sarah Dessen

#96. I'm kind of pinching myself in the morning. Like, wait, you really did pray to have a body of work that stays diversified and interesting. And I have it!

Nia Long

#97. So, we wait until tomorrow night, and when you say the word, I cross over and haul you both out. Right? That's it?" "With any luck, yes." Luck? We were depending on luck? Nash is so screwed ...

Rachel Vincent

#98. Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room.

Anthony Burgess

#99. A certain columnist has been banned from all Shubert openings. Now he can wait three days and go to their closings.

Walter Winchell

#100. As she leaned forward to catch his mouth, she misjudged the distance between them and smashed against his chest. He caught her, roping an arm around her wait.
"Forget me tomorrow. Hell, forget me tonight." Shivers danced over Emelia's skin and she closed her eyes. "But kiss me now.

Kristin Miller