“Let's put it in old movie Mafia terms. There are guys that are in position to get by but they didn't wait their turn. They back-doored the top guy to get the power. For example, Sonny Corleone went up there, and he wanted to be the top guy. And the Godfather said, 'You know what dude, I'm a star.' That's what I'm doing now, and that's what I was trying to do with what's-his-name.” KnowsTryingSaidWantedGuyTurnsNamesStarsWaitingTermExamplePositionBasketballMafiaLakersOld MovieCorleone Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“It is a truism of epistolary psychology that, for example, a Christmas thank-you note written on December 26 can say any old thing, but if you wait until February, you are convinced that nothing less than Middlemarch will do.” IfsWaitingPsychologyWrittenExampleLettersNotesConvincedDecemberFebruaryOld ThingsPunctualityTruismMiddlemarchThank You Note Author:Anne Fadiman
“My wife, the actress Megan Mullally, was an English major at Northwestern University and loves fiction. Like so many things in my life, she curates things for me. For example, I have the daunting prospect of Donna Tartt's "The Goldfinch" waiting for me when I get through my current reading pile.” ReadingWaitingFictionWifeExampleMajorsAnd LoveUniversityCurrentsMy WifeActressesEnglish MajorNorthwesternGoldfinchesNorthwestern University Author:Nick Offerman
“I have a passion for modern and contemporary art. I spend a lot of time in museums; I particularly like the Guggenheim, MoMA in New York or LACMA and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, for example. I cannot wait for the Louis Vuitton Foundation to open.” ArtPassionWaitingModernNew YorkExampleFoundationContemporaryLos AngelesMuseumsContemporary ArtLouis Vuitton Author:Delphine Arnault
“For example, in Paris, if one desires to buy something, you enter the store and say "Good morning, sir" or "madam," depending on what is appropriate, you wait until you are greeted, you make polite chitchat about the weather or some such, and when the salesperson asks what they can do for you, then and only then do you bring up the vulgar business of the transaction you require.” IfsDesireAsksWaitingCan DoMorningExampleStoresWeatherParisAppropriatePoliteVulgarTransactionsSalesperson Book:Between the Bridge and the River: A Novel Source: Between the Bridge and the River: A Novel
“There were colored and white waiting rooms everywhere, from doctor's offices to the bus stations, as people may already know. But there were actually colored windows at the post office in, for example, Pensacola, Florida. And there were white and colored telephone booths in Oklahoma. And there were separate windows where white people and black people would go to get their license plates in Indianola, Mississippi. And there were even separate tellers to make your deposits at the First National Bank in Atlanta.” PeopleKnowsFirstsMayWaitingBlackWhiteRoomsExampleOfficeWindowDoctorsPostsStationsBusBlack PeoplePlatesFloridaTelephonesLicenseMississippiAtlantaDepositsOklahomaPost OfficeWaiting RoomsLicense Plate Author:Isabel Wilkerson
“My daughter, I can't give up because she's watching and she's here and she's waiting for me to be an example. So, between her, myself, and my will, and me pushing myself, that's my inspiration.” GivingI CanInspirationWaitingExampleGiving UpDaughterPushingMy Daughter Author:Brandy Norwood