“Any young, aspiring musicians out there, if music is what you want to do, if music is what you love and your passion. It doesn't take a fragrance, it's not about the tabloids, it's about you putting in the work, practicing every day, practicing your vocals, practicing your instrument, practicing songwriting. Hopefully one day you write the song the whole world wants to get down to. I promise you, if you go out there and sing and you put your heart and soul into it and you follow your dream, one day you're going to be sitting next to Ellen DeGeneres talking about how you broke records and rocked the Super Bowl.” WorldWantWritingWholeSongNextTalkingRecordsOne DaySittingWhole WorldHopefullyBrokeBowlsSuper Bowl Author:Bruno Mars
“I remember my father's last race very clearly when he drove at Hockenheim in front of 100,000 people and I was sitting next to him on the roof of his car and waving to the fans. That was the moment when I thought: 'One day I want to do the same.'” PeopleWantMomentsLastsRememberNextFatherRaceFansCarFrontsOne DaySittingRoof Author:Nico
“On a series of apparently tiresome, flat sittings seeming to lead nowhere - one day something happens, the touches seem to 'take', the deaf canvas listens, your words flow and you have done something.” DoneSeemsHappensOne DaySittingFlowSeriesThings HappenFlatsCanvasDeafSeemingTiresome Book:Sickert: Paintings and Drawings Source: Sickert: Paintings and Drawings
“One day I'll be old, dead, forgotten. And at this very moment, while I'm sitting here thinking these things, a man in a dingy hotel room is thinking, "I will always be here."” ThinkingMenMomentsRoomsOne DaySittingForgottenHotelHotel Rooms Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“One day he [Wagner] was batting against a young pitcher who had just come into the league. The catcher was a kid, too . The pitcher threw Honus a curve ball, and he swung at it and missed and fell down. Looked helpless as a robin. I was kind of surprised, but the guy sitting next to me poked me in the ribs and said, 'Watch this next one.' Those kids figured they had the old man's weakness, you see, and served him up the same dish - as he knew they would. Well, Honus hit a line drive so hard the fence in left field went back and forth for five minutes.” MenWellsKindSaidHardKidsYoungGuyNextLeftLinesWatchesFiveMinutesFieldsOne DayWeaknessSittingBallsLeagueOld ManDishesHelplessFenceCurvesFive MinutesBack And ForthPitcherRobinsRibsBattingCatchersWagnerLeft Field Author:Burleigh Grimes
“If one person sits down at their computer one day and types one word, dose that affect the future? If that one person didn't type that one word, would the future's history be changed? Dose their one word even mean anything? Dose my one (times a lot) word mean anything? Dose that one person's one word even get read-once? If I wasn't sitting here writing my words, would my future be different?” IfsWritingMeanPersonsDifferentChangedTypeOne DayComputerSittingOne TimeOne WordMy FutureDoseThat One Person Author:Esther Earl
“That game was dedicated to Rick Adelman. I'm at home, in the bathroom, trying to take a dump, flipping through the channels and he's complaining (on TV) about how I'm stepping over the line. I can't even do a No. 2 in peace. I'm sitting there grunting at 12:30 at night. Can I go one day without somebody saying something negative about me?” TryingI CanHomeNightGamesLinesTvsOne DayBasketballSittingNegativeComplainingDedicatedBathroomDumpFree Throw Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I was sitting one day and thinking about cannibalism, because that's what guys like me do... and I thought, suppose a guy was washed up on a rocky island, how much of himself could he eat?” ThinkingGuyOne DaySittingLike MeIslandsCannibalism Author:Stephen King
“One day, when I was doing well in class and had finished my lessons, I was sitting there trying to analyze the game of tic-tac-toe... The teacher came along and snatched my papers on which I had been doodling... She did not realize that analyzing tic-tac-toe can lead into dozens of non-trivial mathematical questions.” TryingWellsScienceGamesRealizingClassTeacherLessonsOne DayPaperSittingMathematicsFinishedMathematicalDozenToesPapersAnalyzingTicsDoodlingTic Tacs Author:Martin Gardner
“The first time I saw my wife, Marjorie, I was doing stand-up in Memphis, and she was sitting in the front row. Afterward, I walked up and said, "Ma'am, I'm going to marry you one day". And 15 years later, I did.” YearsFirstsSaidSuccessFaithSawsWifeRelationshipFrontsOne DaySittingFirst TimeMy WifeMemphis Author:Steve Harvey
“I'm enjoying everything in my life, but I think the element of surprise in show business is what makes us really love it, because one day you're sitting by the phone waiting to do something or not doing anything, and the next day you've got the chance of a lifetime. Those little phone calls don't come up so often, but when they come up, it's fantastic.” ThinkingLittlesShowsNextWaitingEnjoyChanceOne DayElementsSittingSurpriseLifetimePhonesCome UpFantasticNext DayShow BusinessPhone CallsElement Of Surprise Author:Elton John
“Occasionally people would come to me. I was sitting with a woman one day and she was telling me her story and I was in a state of listening, a state of bliss as I was listening to the drama of her story, and suddenly she stopped talking and said, "Oh, you are doing healing."” PeopleSaidStatesStoriesHealingTalkingListeningDramaOne DaySittingBliss Author:Eckhart Tolle
“I like the idea of a record being more than one thing emotionally - human beings go through so many emotions in one day, and I like those things sitting next to each other.” HumansIdeasNextHuman BeingsEmotionRecordsOne ThingOne DaySitting Author:Lauren Mayberry
“I was lucky enough to realize my dream. When I was a little kid in Santa Barbara, sitting on the floor in my grandmother's house, dreaming of maybe one day working for Walt Disney, and to have that dream come true, I think that's pretty remarkable.” ThinkingLittlesEnoughDreamKidsHouseRealizingOne DayLuckySittingRemarkableGrandmotherMy GrandmotherDreams Come TrueLittle KidSantaWaltBarbaraMaybe One DaySanta Barbara Author:Floyd Norman
“I get scared easily, so I'm not one for just sitting down with a bowl of popcorn and watching horror stories. But, I mean, I'm learning more. Maybe one day I'd like to be able to watch them.” MeanStoriesAbleWatchesHorrorOne DaySittingScaredBowlsSitting DownPopcornHorror StoriesLearning MoreMaybe One Day Author:Taissa Farmiga
“I would remind people that this day of your life will never come again. Do not use one day of your life carelessly. It will never come again. You'll never see the person you're sitting across from in that light or in that way. You will never see the sunset twice. This day will never come again.” PeopleWayPersonsUseLightOne DaySittingSunsetThis Day Author:Caroline Myss
“One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to college, Randy - and I were sitting out on the front porch. And he was brilliant. He ended up - he just retired from Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas.” FirstsFrontsCollegeOne DaySittingBrilliantUnclesRetiredAircraftKansasPorchBoeingRandyFront Porches Author:James Earl Jones
“One day I saw a picture of the Buddha on a Buddhist magazine and he was sitting on the grass, and he was sitting on the grass, very peaceful, smiling, and I was impressed. Around me people were not like that, so I had the desire to be someone like him. I nourished that kind of desire until the age of sixteen, when I had the permission from my parents to go and ordain as a Buddhist monk.” PeopleKindAgeDesireParentSawsOne DaySittingMagazinesPeacefulBuddhistGrassPermissionImpressedMonkSixteenBuddhist Monk Author:Nhat Hanh
“I was sitting at home one day and I got a call that Riccardo Tisci was considering me for the face of the Givenchy Spring/Summer 2014 campaign, and I said, "Are you kidding?" and that was the end of the conversation. I'm a really big fan.” SaidEndsHomeBigsFacesFansOne DayConversationSummerSpringSittingCampaignsConsideringSpring SummerGivenchy Author:Erykah Badu
“I've refined it since [ was living in Beaumont, Texas], but I was just obsessed with the guitar. I remember one day sitting in class and it just came to me how the neck worked. I was enlightened to the scales, and the runs. I just saw it and thought; now I understand it!” RunningRememberClassSawsOne DaySittingGuitarScalesObsessedNecksEnlightenedTexasRefined Author:Steve Young
“Jebediah Woodley is one of those guys that when I'm sitting in my rocking chair one day, thinking back, I'll remember that guy. He was a fun guy to play.” ThinkingPlayRememberGuyFunOne DaySittingChairsThat GuyRocking Chairs Author:Dolph Lundgren
“I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.” EnoughRememberSecurityTearsOne DaySittingUnhappySwimmingPoolCheeksExplodingStreaming Author:Ingrid Bergman
“I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist, so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.” IfsWellsMayWisdomMightArtistPoorFeetStudentsLessonsOne DaySittingGiantsYearningBegging Author:Rod Taylor
“We were sitting on the bus one day and there were 5 of us hanging out. There was only one beer left in the cooler and we actually all took a little cup and split it. It was a pathetic day in a rock and roll when five grown men have to be sitting there sharing a beer.” MenLittlesLeftFiveRocksOne DaySittingCupsBeerHanging OutBusSplitsRock And RollPatheticGrown Man Author:Zakk Wylde
“And I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered. But most of all, I learned that life is about sitting on benches next to ancient creeks with my hand on her knee and sometimes, on good days, for falling in love.” LifeShouldChildrenLittlesSometimesDreamHandsLife IsFallNextAnimalTalkingFlowerOne DayFindingsSittingFalling In LoveAncientObviousKneesEach DayCollectionsSunsetBreezeGood DayBenchesRefreshingOne Day At A TimeCreeksSitting On The Bench Author:Nicholas Sparks
“I know a lot of people think therapy is about sitting around staring at your own navel - but it's staring at your own navel with a goal. And the goal is to one day to see the world in a better way and treat your loved ones with more kindness and have more to give.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWayGivingGoalKindnessOne DaySittingTreatsStaringTherapyLoved OnesBetter WaysSitting AroundNavel Author:Hugh Laurie