Top 578 Waited Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

I waited two thousand years for you, Grace Alexander,” he whispered in her ear. “And you were worth every second of it.

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

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

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

For a long time, I have waited for the opportunity to fight Mr. Roy Jones. This is my personal goal and dream.

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

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

I waited for my daughter, Billie, to come to me with her troubles - but I'm glad I didn't hold my breath.

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.

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?

I lived at home for 2 1/2 months each time. I waited tables at Govnr's Park Tavern in Denver and then I moved on.

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

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

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.

My family had to live in Vienna for three months, then in Italy for another nine, while we waited for refugee status.

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

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

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

The children of Qunu stood for hours on the side of a brand new stretch of highway as they waited for the hearse carrying Nelson Mandela to come into view.

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

People waited for my debut. But at the same time, the biggest disadvantage of a star child is facing criticism of nepotism.

When we produced 'Highway,' Imtiaz Ali and I planned it as a quick small experimental film, while we waited for Ranbir Kapoor's dates later during the year.

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

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

My husband is very much of the ilk that expects to waited on hand and foot during the festive season.

I moved to New York and couldn't get a job as an actor. And waited tables for so long.

You've been holding a machete waiting to cut your way through and into the place called Future. You have waited and waited and now this knife has grown dull. But now I am sending angelic hosts to sharpen your weapon and assist in cutting you through. Your tongue has even grown powerless in this last season because your faith and hope have been deferred. But this is NOW! I will put MY Word in your mouth. You will speak with a new vigor. I AM sharpening your tongue. Get ready, for all things are being sharpened. Get ready, for you will now cut and your way will open up.

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

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

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.

I've waited so long to get to this point, and I'm so happy to be making my first album. I want to be a performer and an entertainer.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Waiting is always a part of people involved in the film industry. Be it on the floor, in the make-up room or at home. All my life I have waited for a good role.

I waited for the opportunity to be invited to play for the national team of Nigeria, and immediately, they found me worthy; I did not waste time to honour the call.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.'

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.

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

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

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.

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

I kind of waited for opportunities to be handed to me. I think I was lazy, and when things didn't go right, I just said, 'Oh well.'