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Waiting Quotes

For everything that hasn't happened yet.

Several of these quotes come from performers describing the limbo of waiting for the right role or gig, a restlessness that carries into hope as much as frustration.

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.

Agatha Christie

Mark my words, even if I sell out a club of 15,000 with all girls, I'm not taking my shirt off. I'm sorry. I know y'all are waiting to see the pasty stomach and everything.

Quotes by Aesop Rock

I'm waiting for the time when I fail - because we all fail - and I'm ready, I'll take up carpentry.

Quotes by Adrian Edmondson

God is waiting to be gracious, and is willing to make us happy in religion, if we would not run away from him. We refuse to open the window shutters, and complain that it is dark.

Quotes by Adoniram Judson

Alone Quotes

I remember, post the release of 'Aashiqui 2,' there was a girl from Kolkata who was waiting outside my building for six days, and that's crazy. She should have just called me; I would have gone and met her.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

The opportunity to completely become someone else and inhabit them is something that has always fascinated me greatly as an actor. With a bit of fortune, a few more of those opportunities will lie waiting for me in the future.

Quotes by Adhir Kalyan

You can't play Batman in a serious, square-jawed, straight-ahead way without giving the audience the sense that there's something behind that mask waiting to get out, that he's a little crazed; he's strange.

Quotes by Adam West

Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From...

Quotes by Ada Yonath

The first eight years in Mumbai were specially tough. I knew during the first two months of my stay that there's no point waiting for hours to meet producers. They won't meet you and definitely won't give you a role.

Quotes by Abhimanyu Singh

Distance Quotes

Investors don't like being in a world where everything is held up by and waiting for an approval from a very small number of people.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.

Quotes by Abdullah II of Jordan

Do your job. Do it the best you can. Do it right, because somebody, sometimes your best friend, is waiting for you to screw up so she can take your place.

Quotes by Abby Lee Miller

When you're a politician, someone always wants something from you, so they're constantly telling you how smart or great you are, and that can warp people! Exercising humility is important to me. My friends back home treat me like the...

Quotes by Aaron Schock

I'm waiting for them to come up with a 'Star Trek' thing so they can beam me from my house to the gigs and back.

Quotes by Aaron Neville

Hope Quotes

God is waiting for us, to forgive us all, and what is broken, he'll fix.

Quotes by Aaron Neville

The great thing about 'Battlestar' was that it was basically 'Star Wars' but once a week, as opposed to waiting for three years for the movie to come out. I was a huge 'Battlestar' fan.

Quotes by Aaron Douglas

Every time I sit for a song, I feel I am finished. It's like a beggar sitting waiting for God to fill your bowl with the right thought. In every song, I ask help from Him. Everybody around is so...

Quotes by A. R. Rahman

You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

Quotes by A. A. Milne

I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.

Quotes by Zoe Lister-Jones

Love Quotes

It's very important to reveal the mystery of the pyramid. Science in archaeology is very important. People all over the world are waiting to solve this mystery.

Quotes by Zahi Hawass

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about being impatient?
Yes - one is refreshingly direct: "I have a hard time waiting for things to happen." It's a simple, honest admission that waiting doesn't come naturally to everyone.
What does the quote about roles and racial makeup say about waiting?
It's about refusing to wait indefinitely for narrow opportunities: "If I were to wait only for roles that clarify my racial makeup, I'd be waiting for a very, very long time." For more on staying hopeful while you wait, see our Hope quotes.
Is there a quote about waiting for someone else to solve a problem?
Yes - it uses a striking image: "While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk." It suggests that waiting for a savior figure can cause people to lose the ability to act for themselves.
What does the 'desperate actors' quote say about waiting in a career?
It describes a specific kind of waiting to avoid: being "one of those desperate actors, just waiting for their next gig, who might have to take something that they didn't want to do to pay the rent." Our Alone quotes touch on similar feelings of being on your own while you wait.
Do these quotes see waiting as mostly positive or negative?
Mostly as something to push against - the quotes here describe waiting as a trap to avoid, whether that's waiting for the 'right' role, for a rescuer, or for work to simply happen. If patience in relationships is more what you're after, our Love quotes might be a better fit.

Others use waiting as a metaphor for leadership and direction, questioning what happens when we wait too long to act. Related themes appear in the alone and distance collections.