quotes on waiting

In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not perceive it, the ground upon which one treads seems not to move, and one can live undisturbed. So it is with Time in one's life. ~Marcel Proust, The Past Recaptured, 1927



In childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking out. In memories of childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking in. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



The thing I'm most thankful for right now is elastic waistbands. ~Author Unknown



Many people think they want things, but they don't really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough. ~Sophia Loren



No one ever excused his way to success. ~Dave Del Dotto



Keep the paint up, and the rubber down! ~Author Unknown



Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you. ~Nicholai Velimirovic



A daughter is a gift of love. ~Author Unknown



The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income. ~George Foreman



Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work. ~Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, translated by Philemon Holland



In comparing religious belief to science, I try to remember that science is belief also. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. ~Henry Miller



We're seldom drawn to a character we admire; only to a personality we like. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



You can't see Canada across lake Erie, but you know it's there. It's the same with spring. You have to have faith, especially in Cleveland. ~Paul Fleischman



Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. ~Charles de Gaulle



One must love a cat on its own terms. ~Paul Gray



Capital punishment: The income tax. ~Jeff Hayes



People sometimes think I'm gay because I once played a gay in a movie. It's funny. Audiences don't think you're a murderer if you play a murderer, but they do think you're gay if you play a gay. ~Perry King



Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man. ~Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein), Diary in Exile, 1935



It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves; we are underlings. ~William Shakespeare