Famous quotes containing the word waiting:
“What are we waiting for, gathered in the market-place?
The barbarians are to arrive today.”
—Constantine Cavafy (18631933)
“I was a fire-breathing Catholic C.O.,
and made my manic statement,
telling off the state and president, and then
sat waiting sentence in the bull pen
beside a Negro boy with curlicues
of marijuana in his hair.”
—Robert Lowell (19171977)
“Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Lifes lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.”
—Oscar Wilde (18541900)
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