Mario Andretti Quotes

I have always found it difficult to wait for things - whether it was to see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or the chance of a better job, or even new curtains.

Instant gratification takes too long.

What's the use of watching? A watched pot never boils.

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.

On one hand, it seems like I've waited a long time for this.

The long run may be too long.

No crowd ever waited at the gates of patience.

No one wants to be patient. No one wants to wait for anything. They want it right now - that instant gratification.

Look, if the picture you get instantly is as beautiful as the picture you get by waiting seven days, then it is absolute madness to say that there is virtue in waiting.

Some things in life are worth waiting for.

I have patience in all things - as far as the antechamber.

Wait and wait. Most people's lives are spent waiting.

I sort of love the idea of, you know, watching something and then having to wait for the next episode.

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

Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting.

Everything comes to him who waits -- if he waits till it comes.

Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.

What makes people so impatient is what I can't figure; all the guy had to do was wait.

Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing.

And he waited. It was only for a few seconds, but it felt like a small forever.

Waiting is not always a bad thing; it can bring its own joy -the thrill of anticipation.

Waiting is far more difficult than doing.

Oh yeah, waiting sucks.