Sitting Quotes - page 7

But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading. (Elizabeth von Arnim)
Gradually, everything that happens in the world is coming to be of interest everywhere in the world, and, gradually, thoughtful men and women everywhere are sitting in judgment upon the conduct of all nations. View quote
Elihu Root
When I'm 80 years old and sitting on my rocking chair, I'll be reading Harry Potter. And my family will ask me: «After all this time?» and I'll say: «Always». View quote
Alan Rickman
When I'm in Italy on a Friday night, my first supper there is a big bowl of fresh pasta and a glass of local wine, sitting outside. There's nothing better. View quote
Alan Titchmarsh
I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker. View quote
Darren Aronofsky
Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station. View quote
Joanne Harris
I've often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics is part of reality, history in the making. Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics. View quote
Yehuda Amichai
Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen. View quote
Bodhidharma
The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping. View quote
Benjamin Britten
There was nothing new in sitting on this dock, on this or that wooden bench, watching for his boat to come. In some ways, she was always waiting for him. View quote
Ann Brashares
There's nothing under the ground that's worth more than the little layer of topsoil sitting on top of it. (Wendell Berry)
Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change. View quote
Valerie Jarrett
I'm not like most designers, who have to set sail on an exotic getaway to get inspired. Most of the time, it's on my walk to work, or sitting in the subway and seeing something random or out of context. View quote
Alexander Wang
I still get nervous on dates. I'll be sitting at dinner with a guy and I have to excuse myself and go to the bathroom because I can't breathe. View quote
Shannen Doherty
I got myself extorted, which happens in this business. I come home from the road. There was a FedEx sitting on the kitchen table, and it was addressed to me, so I opened it. I don't know who delivered it. And there was a videocassette inside, with a note written on it that said "Gotcha." Oh, my god. Can you imagine? I freaked out. I tore the whole house apart, trying to find a VCR. I hadn't seen a tape in, like, over a decade. View quote
Dave Chappelle
One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to college, Randy - and I were sitting out on the front porch. And he was brilliant. He ended up - he just retired from Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. View quote
James Earl Jones
No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on... I will be sitting on it. View quote
Tite Kubo
Why can't we build orphanages next to homes for the elderly? If someone were sitting in a rocker, it wouldn't be long before a kid will be in his lap. View quote
Cloris Leachman
If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. View quote
Thurgood Marshall
♪Kyo-kun and Tohru sitting in a tree... K-I-S...♪ - Shigure Sohma. View quote
Natsuki Takaya
When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days. (Patty Duke)
I spent uncounted hours sitting at the bow looking at the water and the sky, studying each wave, different from the last, seeing how it caught the light, the air, the wind; watching patterns, the sweep of it all, and letting it take me. The sea. View quote
Gary Paulsen
The sitting around on the set is awful. But I always figure that's what they pay me for. The acting I do for free. View quote
Edward G. Robinson
If there is a heaven, Jane Austen is sitting in a small room with Mother Teresa and Princess Diana, listening to Duran Duran, forever. If there's a hell, she's standing. View quote
Roddy Doyle
I'm capable of living in the moment. And I'm especially capable of living in the moment of sitting on my sofa and watching other people's moments. View quote
Samantha Bee