Andy Warhol 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.

My biggest weakness is patience, wanting to see things happen too quickly or get changes in place right away. Not having the patience to let things develop.

Part of getting other people to focus on the future rather than being myopically focused on the present is about living that way yourself and showing that you can make choices today that are about future outcomes and still be having a great time into the present and enjoying your life.

Everything comes to those who wait... except a cat.

Sometimes, waiting for too long for the right film may fall flat.

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

Patience, grasshopper," I counseled. "You don't want to seem overeager." "Right, that's why I said tomorrow," he said. "I want to see you again tonight. But I'm willing to wait all night and much of tomorrow.

Most humans live in the mindset that this moment is only important because it's getting them to the next one.

We get such a kick out of looking forward to pleasures and rushing ahead to meet them that we can’t slow down enough to enjoy them when they come.

I myself find waiting more tiring than action.

Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear; And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.

Vision rarely require immediate action. It requires patience.

Waiting is far more difficult than doing.

Waiting is a state of mind that says we want what we don't have. Therefore, with every kind of waiting we produce an inner conflict between now and the projected future. This greatly reduces the quality of our life. Are you a 'habitual waiter'?

Waiting is a state of mind. Basically, it means that you want the future; you don't want the present. You don't want what you've got, and you want what you haven't got. With every kind of waiting, you unconsciously create inner conflict between your here and now, where you don't want to be, and the projected future, where you want to be. This greatly reduces the quality of your life by making you lose the present.

To hope is to give yourself to the future - and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.

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

Oh yeah, waiting sucks.

Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.

Waiting is a large part of living. Great, passive, negative chunks of our time are consumed by waiting, from birth to death. Waiting is a special kind of activity - if activity is the right word for it - because we are held in enforced suspension between people and places, removed from the normal rhythms of our days and lives.

There are some people, who don’t wait.

I knew you'd come,Claire.I knew you would.Dear God,you took your time.

I don't look at my life too much. I'm always looking forward, not backward.

Anticipation is making me late, it's keeping me waiting.