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Sitting Still Quotes (page 2)

Elizabeth Gaskell quote: "I don't believe there's a man in Milton who knows how to sit..."
I don't believe there's a man in Milton who knows how to sit still; and it is a great art. Elizabeth Gaskell
To experience real agony is something hard to write about, impossible to understand while it grips you; you're frightened out of your wits, can’t sit still, move, or even go decently insane. Charles Bukowski
And I couldn't make fun of her for that dream. It was my dream, too. And Indian boys weren't supposed to dream like that. And white girls from small towns weren't supposed to dream big, either. We were supposed to be happy with our limitations. But there was no way Penelope and I were going to sit still. Nope, we both wanted to fly: Sherman Alexie
I can't sit still and see another man slaving and working. I want to get up and superintend, and walk round with my hands in my pockets, and tell him what to do. It is my energetic nature. I can't help it. Jerome K. Jerome
Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still? J. Paul Getty
I do have ADD and in real life, I'm all over the place and can hardly focus. If we were talking for, for more than an hour or so, I'd start drifting off... I can't sit still too long. Ellen DeGeneres
We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything. George Eliot
I don't like to sit still for long at all, which has probably helped me along the way, and partly why I was drawn to the heat of a restaurant kitchen. The rush of service means that you're always on your toes and keeps a chef pretty active. Curtis Stone
There is no way the American public will sit still for the banning of or putting any significant restrictions on the kinds of guns they want. James Q. Wilson
Blaise Pascal quote: "I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's..."
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal quote: "All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to..."
All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal
Calvin Coolidge quote: "Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine..."
Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you. Calvin Coolidge
Scott Caan quote: "I can't sit still for 10 minutes."
I can't sit still for 10 minutes. Scott Caan
I don't believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can't sit still. Ashton Kutcher
When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer. Corrie Ten Boom

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