#waited

Destiny is not a 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. ↗

— William Jennings Bryant

#chance #choice #destiny #matter #thing

It was a bright, clear afternoon in the late fall that pretty Miss Cable drove up in her trap and waited at the curb for her father to come forth from his office in one of Chicago's tallest buildings. ↗

— George Barr McCutcheon

#bright #buildings #cable #chicago #clear

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. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#air force #around #became #bill #bill clinton

The time I had waited probably made the difference between success and failure. ↗

— Anna Neagle

#difference #failure #had #i #made

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

— Marc Newson

#come #i #made #pepper #salt

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. ↗

— Sparky Anderson

#detroit #fans #like #lying #team

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. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#career #children #had #i #kid

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. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#chance #choice #destiny #matter #thing

The man in gray decided to take the Glen Suite of diamonds at midnight. Provided they were still in the apartment safe and the occupants away. This he needed to know. So he watched and he waited. At half past seven he was rewarded. ↗

— Frederick Forsyth

#away #decided #diamonds #glen #gray

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. ↗

— Frank Gehry

#gone #head #hit #i #i always