Ernest Dimnet Quotes

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.

The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at not finding tomorrow already continuing yesterday.

There's a lot of hurry up and wait. But it gives you time to write a song.

The worst part was waiting around. Sometimes you are ready at 9 a.m. and you don't start until the afternoon. Occupying your time while you wait is the hardest part of the movie.

I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.

I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.

I was in London. It's a long way to go for a very long party, sitting there for six hours not having a cigarette or a drink. It's a waste of time.

Waiting is so unusual that many of us can't stand in a queue for 30 seconds without getting out our phones to check for messages or to Google something.

I've seen people, where if they have to wait around the set for three hours, and they call you at the wrong time, and they're not ready for you, some people don't like that.

I spent a lot of time staring at the clock in school, so I have that kind of personality.

What could be wiser and to give people who can think the leisure in which to do it.

We must look a long time before we can see.

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

The patient. The pine tree seems to listen, the fir tree to wait: and both without impatience: - they give no thought to the little people beneath them devoured by their impatience and their curiosity.

Don't get impatient when it takes too long.

it doesn't take long to stay an hour.

I've always been slow but I'm even slower now. I'm more into the waiting, or I guess I'm more patient about the waiting.

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

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

I hope it won't take long.

Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.

It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.

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

Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait