Colleen Haskell Quotes

Waiting in line for something mundane is very boring. Waiting for my doctor to see me and waiting for my dentist to see me, yes, that is boring.

Mankind might be divided between multitude who hate to be kept waiting because they get bored and the happy few who rather like it because it gives them time for thought.

It seems like movies normally take a long time to get made. When you focus on it, and you're waiting for something, it seems to take longer.

it doesn't take long to stay an hour.

I wanted to wake you straightaway, but I knew I had to wait several hours to ensure you were safely recovered." "What! How long has it been?" "Five minutes. I got bored.

I hope it won't take long.

...sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to man - not that it usually is known to men; women do it much more often.

Normally, even if you're on the set for 12 hours, there may be only a moment or two when you are actually useful.

Oh yeah, waiting sucks.

Waiting is the rust of the soul.

Writing is?waiting for the word that may not be there until next Tuesday.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

This book was written in those long hours I spent waiting for my wife to get dressed to go out. And if she had never gotten dressed at all this book would never have been written.

Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.

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

Not everything has to be immediate.

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

as the years go on a sense of deep patience comes over one; one seems to know the virtue of ripeness, and the danger of rushing events.

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

Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing.

I think the great trick of doing my sort of thing is to learn to use your downtime, and of course in the media and especially in television, there's a heck of a lot of time of waiting around. And I think the trick is to use that.

Waiting is one of life’s hardships.

Delay is a bitter tonic, but it increases appetite.

I never keep boys waiting. It's a hard trial for a boy to wait.