#waiting

While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk. ↗

— Wendell Johnson

#how #into #land #lead #moses

Waiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly finished planting the shoot. But all too often the greedy eyes are only deceived; the fruit that seemed so precious is still green on the inside, and disrespected hands ungratefully toss aside what has so disappointed them. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#patience #waiting #age

Are you ready?" Klaus asked finally. "No," Sunny answered. "Me neither," Violet said, "but if we wait until we're ready we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives, Let's go. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#ersatz-elevator #lemony-snicket #waiting #courage

Was I asleep? Had I slept? ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#dream #reality #sleep #waiting #dreams

...as long as nothing happens between them, the memory is cursed with what hasn't happened. ↗

— Marguerite Duras

#waiting #memory

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart. ↗

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

#awareness #come #contentment #grace #grateful

Normal birth to me should not be numb from the waist down and waiting for the doctor to tell you to push. There's a reason we feel it. There's a reason we need to feel it. ↗

— Ricki Lake

#doctor #down #feel #me #need

You know, if I tell the press that I like long blonde hair, the next day there will be girls with long hair wigs outside waiting for me. ↗

— Andy Lau

#blonde hair #day #hair #i #know

We have dozens and dozens and dozens of judicial nominees up there waiting and we have a court system that's crying out for more judges. ↗

— Joe Lockhart

#crying #dozens #judges #judicial #more

The film world is a crazy place to be. You sit around all day waiting for the phone to ring. Are people talking about you or aren't they? ↗

— Kyle MacLachlan

#all day #around #crazy #day #film