“Once we have a sense of how long a decision should take, we generally should delay the moment of decision until the last possible instant. If we have an hour, we should wait 59 minutes before responding. If we have a year, we should wait 364 days. Even if we have just half a second, we should wait as long as we possibly can ... Life might be a race against time but it is enriched when we rise above our instincts and stop the clock to process and understand what we are doing and why. A wise decision requires reflection, and reflection requires a pause.” IfsShouldYearsLongMomentsMightLastsWaitingProcessHoursDecisionRaceHalfWiseMinutesReflectionInstinctClockInstantPausesDelayRise AboveRespondingWise DecisionRace Against Time Author:Frank Partnoy
“Wait until the end, like the last two or three minutes of cooking, to add barbecue sauce, so it cooks into your meat. But if you add it too early, it will make your fire flame up. You don't have to slather on the sauce. Just lightly paste each side.” IfsTwoEndsLastsThreeWaitingSidesFireMinutesCookingAddCooksFlamesMeatSauceBarbecueBarbecue Sauce Author:Johnny Trigg
“Every moment of existence is a volcano full of truth! Every single moment is ready to explode, may be now, may be two minutes or may be two years later! Truths are ready to erupt! Every single moment is ready to erupt! Be silent; wait for the eruptions!” YearsMayTwoMomentsWaitingExistenceMinutesReadySilentTwo YearsSingle MomVolcanoesEruption Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“If Bruce Springsteen, Harlan Howard, or Tom Waits can tell a character's whole story in four minutes, maybe you don't need as many words as you think to make an impact.” IfsThinkingNeedsWholeCharacterStoriesWaitingFourMinutesImpactTomsSpringsteen Author:Tim Leffel
“Half the audience gets where I'm coming from and half the audience is like, "Wait a minute. What does that mean?"” MeanDoeWaitingHalfAudienceMinutes Author:Malcolm D. Lee
“Everyone's opinion is of equal value, which is bizarre to me. It's so hard to get anybody cast because you'll be on the phone with 15 people, and if anybody says I don't know about that guy - move on. Wait a minute, why is that person's note valid? It's such a bizarre process that's sprung up around it.” PeopleIfsKnowsPersonsHardMovingGuyValuesWaitingProcessOpinionMinutesEqualNotesCastsPhonesBizarreThat GuySprungSprung Up Author:Edward Allen Bernero
“I'm not a smuggler, I'm a missionary. I have chosen to be obedient and not turn away from danger. So when government says, 'No!', I said, 'wait a minute', God said, 'Go!', so I didn't listen to the 'No!'” SaidGovernmentTurnsWaitingMinutesDangerChosenMissionaryObedientSmugglers Author:Andrew van der Bijl
“Not playing every day, I kind of healed up a little bit from the little injuries that I had the year before. Then, when I got home this winter and my body wasn't beat up, I said, 'Wait a minute, this may work out.'” YearsKindMayLittlesSaidHomeBodyBitsWaitingMinutesLittle BitBeatsWinterWork OutInjuryHealed Author:Jim Thome
“First and foremost, my hats off to our directors and camera department. That is something I will miss after Longmire. I can't imagine working on another show that looks like this. We'll get the whole crew out on location and have a hundred people standing around, waiting for about 40 minutes, so that sun is just a little bit further in the sky and the light is hitting the cloud, in the perfect way.” PeopleWayFirstsLooksLittlesI CanWholeShowsLightBitsWaitingPerfectSunImagineSkyMinutesMissingDirectorsLittle BitHundredStandingCamerasCloudsDepartmentHatsHittingLocationCrewHats Off Author:Bailey Chase
“LSD caused a lot of experimenting going on. And we're thinking, 'Wait a minute, what if we've got...' I always thought, 'What if some of those experiments actually had worked?' And what if they did? We probably wouldn't know that they existed. We heard that they were shut down, but we probably wouldn't be told if they succeeded.” IfsThinkingKnowsWaitingHeardMinutesExperimentsWhat IfLsd Author:Len Wiseman
“It's depressing sitting at a comedy club all night, waiting to get on to do your five or ten minutes of material.” NightWaitingFiveComedyMinutesMaterialsTenSittingClubsDepressingAll NightComedy Clubs Author:Sandra Bernhard
“The White House approved an exemption in Obamacare coverage for Congress and members of their staff. Members complained that the Affordable Care Act will cost them thousands extra a year in premiums. Wait a minute. It's their bill. If it's too expensive, why did they name it the Affordable Care Act?” IfsYearsCareHouseNamesWaitingWhiteMinutesCostMembersBillsCongressExtrasExpensiveWhite HouseStaffObamacareAffordableCoverageApprovedExemptionAffordable Care ActStaff Members Author:Jay Leno
“I'm just getting to know myself. I'm no wherwhere near to being concise about it yet. I can't define myself. Wait a minute - I'm angry, I'm funny and I'm trying.” KnowsTryingI CanWaitingMinutesAngryConcise Author:James Marsters
“Wait a minute, words in the prompter, script on my desk, vending machine upstairs out of Funyuns... the writers are back!” WaitingMinutesMachinesScriptsDesksUpstairsVending Machines Author:Jon Stewart
“If God made Adam and Eve, they had children... wait a minute... that means someone banged their sister!” IfsMeanChildrenMadeWaitingMinutesAdamAdam And Eve Author:Carlos Mencia
“I do voiceovers, but being on-camera and selling something? I wasn't really interested. And then I thought, well, wait a minute. Everybody's selling something. When you turn on the tube... And then if you go to Europe or Asia, everyone is selling something. All the guys that don't want to be seen selling something here are selling something there. So I thought what the hell?” IfsWantWellsGuyTurnsWaitingHellMinutesEuropeCamerasSellingAsiaTurn-onTubesSelling Something Author:John Slattery
“You say, Wait a minute, God, you spared me from a slave job in an office, and now I have a slave job onstage. I am not on that clock no more.” JobsWaitingMinutesOfficeSlaveClock Author:Lauryn Hill
“I got to ninth grade and there was wrestling, and I went, 'Wait a minute, this is fun.' Basically, it was a chance for a small kid like me to get a chance to wail on another small kid. I went, 'I love this.' The discipline of it was great. Plus, I really started to be good at it.” KidsFunWaitingChanceMinutesDisciplineBe GoodLike MeGradesPlusWrestlingNinth Grade Author:Robin Williams
“Nobody's good. I hate it. I truly hate it. I mean, there's a lot of guys doing stuff I admire, but stand-up-wise I feel very alone. I really miss Bill Hicks. I wish I could have put him on my show. And I really miss Sam Kinison a lot. Richard Pryor's sick... It's like you get here and then, oh wait a minute, there's nobody here any more. I feel like the guy who finally got into Studio 54, three years too late, Duh, where are all the famous people?” PeopleFeelsYearsMeanShowsGuyHateThreeWishStuffWaitingWiseMinutesMissingLike YouLateSickI HateBillsStudiosAdmireToo LateThree YearsDuhHicksStudio 54 Author:Chris Rock
“The virus in the movie 'Contagion' is based on the bird flu which came out of nowhere back in 2008. Everyone thought it was going to change the way we live and it just faded away. Wait a minute, I'm talking about President Obama.” WayWaitingPresidentTalkingMinutesBirdPresident ObamaVirusesFluFadedContagionBird Flu Author:Craig Ferguson
“We have just had the most amazing time. Every now and then, we'll come across a review where the person didn't like it and we're like, "What? Really? How could you not like it?" All of us like it so much, and we have such a great time at work. We've just been really blessed, and we're all standing here going, "Wait a minute, how did this happen?" It's been awesome.” PersonsHappensWaitingMinutesStandingBlessedReviewsNow And ThenGreat TimesMost Amazing Author:Angie Harmon
“The very funny thing about "Like A Rolling Stone" is it was a six minute song, there was no music to read from. And there I was playing this unfamiliar instrument. So I would come in on the upbeat of one. I would wait until the band played the chord, and then as quickly as I could come in play the chord.” PlaySongWaitingMinutesBandSixStonesInstrumentsRollingChordsFunny ThingsUnfamiliarRolling StonesUpbeat Author:Al Kooper
“I wait till the last minute to do lyrics. I seem to work best that way - bummed out and under pressure. I often don't do my homework. But I'll always walk that extra mile.” WaySeemsLastsWaitingWalksMinutesPressureMilesExtrasHomeworkUnder PressureLast MinuteExtra MileBummed Out Author:Steven Tyler
“I was working in a church in Florida as a youth intern, which means I really didn't do much other than staple stuff. I'm from Dallas, Texas, and every time my grandmother would call-she would call me any time of the day-I'd be home answering the phone. She was like, "What do you do all day?" and sarcastically I would say, "Well, I'm trying to chalk off the next year to spend time finding a band name." And she said, "Well mercy me, why don't you get a real job?" I thought, "Wait a minute. That's the perfect name." That kind of freed up my year but that's where the name came from.” TryingYearsWellsKindMeanSaidRealHomeJobsNextNamesStuffWaitingChurchPerfectMinutesYouthBandFindingsMercyPhonesGrandmotherCall MeTexasFloridaEnd TimesMy GrandmotherSpend TimeNext YearDallasStaplesReal JobsChalkDallas TexasAnswering The Phone Author:Bart Millard
“In South Pasadena, artists were around but invisible somehow. Even though it was just a fifteen-minute drive from Downtown LA, it felt worlds apart. That suburban American experience can both protect and stunt you. I couldn't wait to move to New York to become the person I've always wanted to become.” WorldPersonsWantedMovingArtistFeltWaitingMinutesNew YorkProtectSouthInvisibleFifteenDowntownWorlds ApartPasadena Author:Porochista Khakpour
“Saw fans are manic, when it comes to details, so they're going to say, "Wait a minute! Why is that like that? It wasn't like that before." And, they're right.” WaitingSawsFansMinutesDetailsManic Author:Tobin Bell
“I am quite a slow writer. I can only work under pressure; I wait until the last minute.” I CanLastsWaitingMinutesPressureUnder PressureLast Minute Author:James Hunter
“As a kid you learn that there are thinkers and there are philosophers and there are theologian, and I'd hear little bits of the ideas that these people pursued or developed or created and I'd be really excited. Then I'll start to read it and I think, "Wait a minute, this is a rabbit hole. This isn't a gateway or a ticket to anything except itself."” PeopleThinkingLittlesIdeasKidsBitsWaitingMinutesLittle BitPhilosopherExcitedHolesThinkerTicketsTheologianRabbitsPursuedGatewaysRabbit Holes Author:Will Oldham
“I used to live on the other side of Canberra so it'd take me about 20-25-minutes to come into training. I was so thankful to have a car. Mum was also happy because she had all this extra time instead of driving me to training, waiting around, and then taking me home.” HomeUsedWaitingSidesMinutesCarTrainingDrivingExtrasTake MeMumWaiting AroundExtra TimeCanberra Author:Melissa Breen
“Lagos was a city that had been turned against itself. There was a bridge that became the perfect trap for crimes, which began with nails being scattered to cause flat tyres. If the driver stopped, the car would be dismantled in 20 minutes and the parts thrown overboard [to people waiting below]. The system had turned into a kind of destructive device that could be used against people. That was the narrative.” PeopleIfsKindWould BeUsedCausesWaitingPerfectCitiesMinutesCarCrimeNarrativeBridgesDestructiveThrownFlatsDevicesDriversNailsTrapsOverboardTyres Author:Rem Koolhaas
“As we spend more, and as companies are pushed to invest, they say, "Hey wait a minute! There's more demand in the system. Let's invest more."” WaitingCompanyMinutesDemandHey Author:Mohamed El-Erian
“I remember you would record a guitar part, and we would have to sit there for 15 or 20 minutes waiting for the computer to process it. You'd see the little wheel spinning on the computer, and you'd be praying that the hard drive didn't crash and you didn't lose the performance.” LittlesHardRememberWaitingProcessLosesRecordsMinutesPrayingComputerPerformancesGuitarWheelsCrashSpinningRemember YouRemembers You Author:Beck
“I now feel that I have a moral duty to course correct and say wait a minute, it's not just for adults.” FeelsCoursesWaitingMoralMinutesDutyAdultsMoral Duty Author:Francoise Mouly
“There was a time when we would pick up Women's Wear Daily and couldn't wait to see what it read. And now, you get it five minutes later on your iPad or your phone! The same has to apply to fashion.” WaitingFiveMinutesFashionPicksPhonesFive MinutesIpads Author:Donna Karan
“This is not really currency that circulates. It's like the old joke about expensive vintage wine. Wine prices will go up and once in a while somebody will buy a 50-year-old bottle of wine and say, "Wait a minute. This has gone bad." The answer is, "Well, that wine isn't for drinking; that's for trading." These $100 bills aren't meant to circulate. They're not to spend on goods and services. They're a store of value. They're a form of saving.” YearsWellsFormValuesWaitingAnswersGoneMinutesJokesBillsWineDrinkingStoresSavingExpensiveGoodsBottlesCurrencyTradingVintageGoods And ServicesBottles Of WineOld Jokes Author:Michael Hudson
“When I left the secretary of state office, I had a 69% approval rating. Once I start running for office and all the incoming you know is battering away, people are going to say, "Hey, wait a minute - what's that mean, what's that mean?" I get all of that, but I don't think we do any service to our country or the voters if we descend into the kind of insult fest that he seems to relish.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsKindMeanCountryStatesSeemsRunningLeftWaitingMinutesOfficeOur CountryHeyInsultVotersApprovalSecretaryRatingRelishRunning For OfficeApproval RatingBattering Author:Hillary Clinton
“You get good at being by yourself and you're condemned to a life sentence of solitude. You think, "Wait a minute! I should have been a tap dancer or something". But in my life, I feel like I take my stories to people orally.” PeopleThinkingFeelsShouldHas BeensStoriesWaitingMinutesSolitudeShould HaveSentencesBeing YourselfDancerShould Have BeenTap Dancers Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Jealousy is a potent emotion, of course, and Facebook, texting, email, fan Web pages... In theory, being someone like George Clooney's or Halle Berry's paramour - woo hoo - how great would that be? But wait a minute... er, no, probably kind of a nightmare.” KindCoursesWaitingEmotionFansMinutesTheoryPagesNightmareEmailBerriesTextingWeb Page Author:Christine Sneed
“Flying is always an unpleasant experience. You wait an hour for every ten minutes you actually spend getting anywhere.” WaitingHoursMinutesTenFlyingUnpleasant Experiences Author:Andy Rooney
“I like somebody I can consider edgy, because, I also find that when people see me; the first thing they might think about me, musically, is that I rap or make beats, in the sense of trap or hip-hop or whatever, and when they hear what I actually create, they'll often be like, 'Wait a minute, I wasn't expecting this'.” PeopleThinkingFirstsI CanMightWaitingMinutesBeatsHip HopRapHipsHopsExpectingTrapsOften IsEdgy Author:Jlin
“We'd decided to write a book about two friends. I gave her some coffee and then we sat there not knowing what to do. How do you start writing a book together? So Kate [DiCamillo] got up after about 10 minutes into this endeavor, and said, 'Well, that was fun,' and started to head out the door. I said, 'Wait, wait, wait, no no no,' because I'm a bit more patient.” WritingWellsSaidTwoBookTogetherFunBitsWaitingKnowingDoorsMinutesDecidedPatientCoffeeSatEndeavorNot KnowingWriting A BookKateTwo FriendsKnowing What To Do Author:Alison McGhee
“I'm a person who's been in a long-term relationship. It's not surprising that a lot of my friends - whether they're in same-sex relationships or not, whether they're married officially or just in a long-term relationship - have really interesting and various stages in their relationship. My life is looking at these friendships and saying, "Wait a minute, isn't this something really interesting? How can I explore this?"” PersonsLongLife IsSexWaitingTermInterestingMinutesStageMarriedMy FriendsVariousLong TermSurprisingReally InterestingLong Term RelationshipSex Relationships Author:Sarah Jessica Parker
“Donald Trump believes that the world will be safer if more nations have nuclear weapons. He's said Saudi Arabia should get them, Japan should get them, Korea should get them. And when he was confronted with this and told, wait a minute, terrorists could get those, proliferation could lead to nuclear war, here's what Donald Trump said, and I quote, go ahead, folks, enjoy yourselves.” IfsWorldShouldBelieveSaidWarNationsWaitingEnjoyMinutesTrumpWeaponsFolksNuclearTerroristJapanNuclear WeaponsKoreaArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisNuclear WarProliferation Author:Tim Kaine