The next morning we saw nothing of the enemy, though we were still lying to.
The first thing I went out for was 'The Sopranos' and I got it, so that's how it happened. I hate to say it like that because I wait for calls now.
Farmers are patient men. They got to be. Got to see those seeds come up week by week, fraction by fraction, and sweat it out for some days not knowing yet is it weeds or vegetables.
A sip of wine, a cigarette, And then it’s time to go. I tidied up the kitchenette; I tuned the old banjo. I’m wanted at the traffic-jam. They’re saving me a seat.
That period between finishing the film and opening night is agonising. That's part of why actors go from job to job - so they don't have to live with the anxiety in the interim.
What annoys me about it is that your fate is always in somebody else's hands. It's always up to somebody else to decide whether or not they want you in their show and so the majority of actors have to play out a waiting game. The constant fear is that it could all end tomorrow.
She was no stranger to waiting, after all. Her man had always made her wait.
One of the things that has to be faced is the process of waiting to change the system, how much we have got to do to find out who we are, where we have come from and where we are going.
Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
I play solitaire and wait for something to happen.
The Iranians may simply try to run out the clock.
Songwriters, you have to work - you have to wait for residuals. You have to pray that the song's going to be a hit. And then a year later, you might get a check.
Waiting for the implosion [of the government of Romano Prodi] is risking to turn into Waiting for Godot.
She would be ready, but she would always make him wait.
You know what God told the Cubs? Don't do anything until I come back.
...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.
We seem to somewhat be behind an eight ball, and what I mean by that is we're constantly waiting for a call from Neil as to whether he wants to do CSNY.
It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm basically gambling hoping something will come along this season and if not, I don't know what the future holds.
I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom.
I have no idea whether I'm any good or not. Still waiting, like most actors, for somebody to find out one day that I can't do it.
The period of time between when you're done with a record and when you start touring is the worst period of a time in a musician's life.
In Hollywood, there's not a ton of roles for Asian people. So a lot of it is waiting and waiting and waiting.
The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.
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.
We're all worm bait waiting to happen. It's what you do while you wait that matters.
