“To illustrate to the Indians the advantages the white race had in the telephone I divided a body of warriors from Sitting Bull's camp into two parties and had them talk to each other over the telephone line.” TwoBodyLinesWhitePartyRaceSittingAdvantageWarriorDividedCampsTelephonesBullsOne LineWhite Race Author:Nelson A. Miles
“I had this extraordinarily bizarre moment when, two Fridays ago, my missus gave birth to our second child at 11am and by the same time the following day I was sitting around a table with Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio in Rabat in Morocco, rehearsing a scene we were going to shoot the next day.” ChildrenTwoMomentsNextBirthSceneSittingTablesFollowingNext DayBizarreFridaySitting AroundLeonardoRehearsingMoroccoSitting Around A Table Author:Mark Strong
“Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface it is a simple format - two people sitting across from one another having a conversation. But underneath it is often a power struggle - a battle for the psychological advantage.” PeopleHeartTwoMomentsLastsGivenSimpleHalfStruggleCenturyTelevisionTvsBattleConversationSittingAdvantageSurfacePsychologicalMemorableInterviewsStoppingFormatPower StruggleMemorable Moments Author:David Frost
“Disneyland really began when my two daughters were very young. Saturday was always Daddy's Day and I would take them to the merry-go-round, and sit on a bench eating peanuts while they rode. And sitting there alone, I felt there should be something built, some kind of family park where parents and children could have fun together.” ShouldKindChildrenTwoTogetherYoungFunFeltParentEatingDaughterSittingBuiltRoundsHaving FunParksSaturdayDaddyMerryBenchesPeanutsDisneylandChildren And ParentsAnimatorTwo DaughtersTheme ParksMerry Go RoundParks And RecreationSitting On The Bench Author:Walt Disney
“I've found myself at one in the morning just sitting at my desk spending an hour returning emails from the day until like two in the morning. It's ridiculous, I should be sleeping, or dreaming, or reading a novel.” ShouldTwoDreamReadingFoundHoursSleepMorningNovelSittingSpendingRidiculousDesksEmail Author:Brit Marling
“It felt as if I was suddenly walking around in wet socks, weighing my feet down as if two kids were sitting on my feet with their legs wrapped around mine.” IfsTwoKidsFeltFeetMinesWalkingSittingLegsWetSockWeighing Author:David Bowick
“Happiness is sitting down to watch some slides of your neighbor's vacation and finding out that he spent two weeks in a nudist colony.” TwoFunnyHappinessWatchesWeekFindingsSittingNeighborVacationSlidesTwo WeeksColonySitting DownNudists Author:Johnny Carson
“I had this lump in my throat, but I couldn't even cry. I thought, I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up. I was just sitting there in my car that I was two months behind on payments for, knowing I didn't have money for rent.” TwoBehindsKnowingCarCryMonthsSittingThroatPaymentLumpsTwo MonthsHopes Up Author:Katy Perry
“Marriage is a pretty amazing thing when you think about it. For two people to live together for so long under the same roof is a big accomplishment. Fifty-year anniversaries are becoming extinct, yet again proving that long marriages deserve awards and praise. Sometimes I see old people in restaurants sitting together eating their meals and I watch them. Sometimes it makes me sad. They don't even talk. Is it because they have nothing else to say, or can they simply read each other's mind by now?” PeopleThinkingYearsMindLongTwoSometimesBigsTogetherMarriageWatchesBecomingProveEatingSittingDeservePraiseAccomplishmentMealsRestaurantsFiftyAwardsRoofOld PeopleAmazing ThingsLong MarriageSitting Together Book:Life Laughs: The Naked Truth about Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On Source: Life Laughs: The Naked Truth about Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On
“I have a recurring daymare that when the Glorious People's SWAT Teams smash their way in, most of us - by which I mean members of the general freedom movement - will be caught flatfooted, sitting in our underwear behind our computer monitors, guzzling Jolt and gorging on Cheetos, while arguing with our friends and enemies online about immigration or abortion, two of the issues that the Lefties know they can always rely on to keep that general freedom movement divided and powerless.” PeopleKnowsWayMeanTwoBehindsEnemyIssuesTeamMovementMembersComputerSittingCaughtArguingImmigrationRelyGloriousAbortionOnlineDividedPowerlessUnderwearRecurringFriends And EnemiesLefties Author:L. Neil Smith
“We've played two shows with seated audiences, and two with a standing audience. Both were cool. Sitting is more mental, in a way, [but] after a while they really want to get up and move. It's very euphoric, I think, because people see what's actually going on. The energy takes over.” PeopleThinkingWayWantTwoShowsMovingEnergyAudienceSittingStandingGet UpEuphoric Author:Pantha du Prince
“Two of the central ingredients to our family are food and faith, so sitting down together and thanking God for the food He's provided means everything to us. Prayer is a natural part of our lives - not only around the dinner table but all day long.” MeanLongTwoTogetherNaturalPrayerOur LivesSittingTablesDinnerOur FamilyIngredientsThank GodSitting DownDinner Table Author:Phil Robertson
“I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I'll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn't wait for the day I'd be able to make music with my son. I don't know what more I could ask for.” KnowsTwoAbleAsksWaitingForgetHalfSawsFeetSonBeatsSittingCourtGuitarMy SonNever ForgetTallAcousticsPajamasTappingAcoustic GuitarRacquetball Author:Eddie Van Halen
“Life was so much simpler in pre-video days when everyone refused invitations because the 'Forsyte Saga' was on. Now we all just have a long list of unwatched shows, all of which, it seems, our friends are raving about. I feel as outdated as if I wore a Fair Isle sweater, ate Pot Noodle and had a two-bar electric fire in the sitting room.” IfsFeelsLongTwoShowsSeemsRoomsFireSittingFairsListsBarsVideoPotElectricInvitationsSweatersSagaOutdatedIsleNoodles Author:Simon Hoggart
“I have a lot of watches that need to be kept wound, so if I take two of them on a trip, there's always one sitting around. And if it sits around for a day, then it'll stop working. And then you have to reset the time and date, which is annoying.” IfsNeedsTwoWatchesSittingWoundsAnnoyingSitting AroundReset Author:Mark Teixeira
“I cannot keep myself away from ice cream. I have two flavors that are my favorite: chocolate chip cookie dough and vanilla swiss almond. I can eat a whole pint of ice cream in one sitting, no problem!” I CanTwoWholeProblemSittingMy FavoriteIceChocolateCreamFlavorNo ProblemIce CreamChipsCookiesSwissPintsDoughVanillaAlmondsChocolate ChipsChocolate Chip CookiesCookie Dough Author:Brandi Chastain
“It was just the two of us, inside there with just mirrors, all the way around us. Everywhere we looked, there were these two freaks, sitting at a table, eyeballing each other.” WayTwoSittingMirrorsTablesFreakTwo Of Us Author:Christian Bale
“Sitting down and sharing a meal together combines two of my favorite loves: eating great food and talking about great food.” TwoTogetherTalkingEatingSittingDown AndMy FavoriteMealsSitting DownGreat Food Author:Homaro Cantu
“I think in the modern world we really need to have movie theaters or places we can go in and rejuvenate ourselves. I think we'll have less problems with our souls and our health. I do that in my life, and I feel healthy and happy. I need those hours in the darkness where I used to spend time as a kid, sitting in a little closet in the darkness, listening to AM radio, having glowing paint that I illuminated, just sitting there, dreaming about anything, not being disturbed for an hour or two, just alone in the dark. I'm still that little boy in my brain.” ThinkingWorldNeedsFeelsLittlesStillsTwoSoulProblemDreamKidsUsedHoursDarkBrainBoysDarknessModernListeningHealthySittingTheaterPaintRadioClosetsEnd TimesModern WorldSpend TimeDisturbedGlowingLittle BoysMovie TheaterHealthy And HappyAlone In The Dark Author:Peter Stormare
“I always like to pretend two things: one, I'm sitting in the seat beside you watching the game together. I'll say, 'Wasn't that a great shot? Boy, it sure was.' The other thing I do is pretend I'm talking to people who are non-sighted. I try to create a word picture. I get more mail from blind people thanking me.” PeopleTryingTwoTogetherGamesTalkingBoysShotsSittingBlindTwo ThingsSeatsMailBeside YouBlind People Author:Chick Hearn
“I eat eight bags of chips in one sitting, and then nothing for a day or two. I learned that my body thought it was starving, so it would hold on to fat.” TwoBodySittingEightFatsBagsChipsStarving Author:Whoopi Goldberg
“I bought a house, it's a two bedroom house, but I think it's up to me to decide how many bedrooms there are. This bedroom has an oven in it. This bedroom has a lot of people sitting around watching TV. This bedroom is over in that other guy's house.” PeopleThinkingTwoHumorFunnyGuyHouseTvsSittingBedroomOther GuysSitting AroundOvensWatching TvBedroom House Author:Mitch Hedberg
“I'm not saying don't do the work you got, but instead of this two hours of watching TV at the hotel lobby or this three hours of sitting under the pier and reading comic books or worrying about what you're doing ... what value do you have? Can you read? There are people out there who can't read - go read to them.” PeopleTwoBookValuesThreeReadingHoursWorryTvsSittingComicHotelComic BookWatching TvPiersHotel Lobby Author:Andy Andrews
“I would never have thought I was capable of sitting on the bench as the number two man. And it showed me that you can really achieve everything in life, even the unthinkable, as long as you're willing to work on yourself a little bit.” MenLittlesLongTwoBitsNumbersAchieveWillingLittle BitCapableSittingBenchesUnthinkableSitting On The Bench Author:Oliver Kahn
“Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly; but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.” TwoHumorFunnyFireProveSittingCraftsHeatLitChilly Author:Tommy Cooper
“Sitting beside the pool is fine for two weeks, but after that I think it'd be quite hard to live with - so I need to keep racing.” ThinkingNeedsTwoHardWeekFineSittingRacingPoolTwo Weeks Author:Mark Webber
“You're always fighting the contradiction between the supposed intimacy of a two-person conversation and the blunt reality that you're trying to sell the play to people who are sitting maybe too far away from you.” PeopleTryingPersonsTwoPlayRealityFightingConversationSittingSellsIntimacyContradictionFar AwayAway From YouBluntAlways Fighting Author:Wallace Shawn
“Spending so much time on the road, I get to fart all the time. Then when it's, like, Thanksgiving dinner and I'm sitting with my grandmother, I can't fart for, like, two hours.” I CanTwoHoursSittingDinnerSpendingGrandmotherMy GrandmotherFartThanksgiving Dinner Author:Tom DeLonge
“I do disguises for different reasons. I like to study people - be like the fly on the wall. Even if it's two old ladies sitting on a bench or some kids on a swing. Because I don't know what it's like to fit in an everyday life situation.” PeopleIfsKnowsTwoDifferentReasonKidsSituationStudyWallFitSittingEverydaySwingsDisguiseEveryday LifeBenchesOld Lady Author:Michael Jackson
“At the 150-minute point of sitting in a standard theater chair, the human buttocks die; once dead, they cannot be revived. They cease to function, whatever that function may have been, and must be carried around like a sack, or two, of flour.” HumansMayHas BeensTwoDiesMinutesStandardsSittingFunctionTheaterCeaseChairsFlourButtocks Author:Michael J. Nelson
“(After getting out of another treatment center) I came home one Sunday morning. I sat on the edge of my bed. I never grew up going to church. I never read a Bible. I wasn't anti-God. I just never thought about God. I just lived for myself and thought about myself...I was married by this point. I'd been married for two years. So, here I am sitting on the edge of my bed, nine o'clock Sunday morning. I have a son who's not quite two yet and I just broke down crying because I had been out all weekend doing cocaine.” YearsTwoHomeChurchMorningCrySonGrewBedMarriedGrew UpSittingEdgesNineBrokeClockSatTreatmentSundayTwo YearsWeekendCocaineHere I AmJust LiveSunday MorningGoing To ChurchAnti GodSitting On The Edge Author:Jay Haizlip
“You go to a restaurant with a friend for lunch and the next table, two people are sitting opposite each other. They don't talk! All they do is look at the screens of their cell phones and show it to the person that they're with. And when people do that to me, they want me to look at pictures on their cell phone? I can't even look at little things like that. I think it is all crazy.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksLittlesPersonsI CanTwoShowsNextCrazySittingOppositesTablesPhonesScreensCellsRestaurantsLittle ThingsLunchWant MeCell Phone Author:Brigid Berlin
“I will always love film, the romance of film, sitting in the darkened room with strangers and watching a story for two hours - that will always remain and never be eroded by television.” TwoStoriesFilmRomanceHoursRoomsTelevisionSittingStrangerLove Films Author:Cillian Murphy
“Normally, when I read a script, it takes me two and a half hours. I usually put it down and come back to it. So, I know if I can read a script in one sitting, it's a fantastic script.” IfsKnowsI CanTwoHoursHalfSittingDown AndScriptsFantasticTake MeHalf HoursI Can Read Author:Katee Sackhoff
“And also, I'm most comfortable with like two people just sitting and talking about their feeling, you know, in a room with like two cameras and that's it. And I wanted to do something where there was like action and running and you know crowd scenes and big set pieces and certainly did a lot of that, so yeah.” PeopleKnowsTwoFeelingsBigsRunningActionWantedRoomsTalkingPiecesSceneComfortableSittingCamerasYeahCrowds Author:Nicholas Stoller
“The President? Hmmm, I wonder who that might be? Could it be, perhaps, the sitting two-term incumbent of the same party holding its convention? The person whose economic and military policies shape the environment the next president will deal with? As best I can tell, in the tens of thousands of words making up the combined remarks of John McCain, Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, and Lindsay Graham, the Name That Must Not Be Uttered appeared exactly once.” PersonsI CanTwoMightNextNamesPresidentTermDealsPartyWonderEnvironmentEconomicMilitaryPolicyShapesSittingConventionsMikeRemarksRomneyMccainPalinMaking UpIncumbentsHmmmRudy Author:James Fallows
“We have great information. They're going to welcome us. It'll be like the American Army going through the streets of Paris. They're sitting there ready to form a new government. The people will be so happy with their freedoms that we'll probably back ourselves out of there within a month or two.” PeopleTwoGovernmentFormStreetsInformationReadyMonthsSittingArmyWelcomeParisNew GovernmentAmerican ArmyStreets Of Paris Author:Dick Cheney
“Getting tired of sitting, staring at my computer screen, day after day, where everyone is two-dimensional, reduced to an avatar photo, status updates, or maybe some carefully curated vacation photos. There's something exhausting about that after a while. I found myself wanting to hear voices.” TwoFoundVoiceComputerSittingTiredScreensStaringVacationExhaustingUpdatesGetting TiredComputer ScreenStatus Updates Author:Brad Listi
“So, in addition to being a full-time father of two and everything else in life, it isn't so much that I'm sitting around plotting an album. I just kinda follow my muse and wherever my interests lie, and at some point I decide, "Right. It's been a while, time to figure out how to get serious and make some music."” TwoLyingFatherInterestFiguresSeriousSittingAlbumsMuseSitting Around Author:DJ Shadow
“I also have two children under three who keep me up all night and don't seem to understand the benefits of sitting in silence, which has presented an interesting challenge.” ChildrenTwoSeemsNightThreeChallengesInterestingSilenceBenefitsSittingAll NightUp All NightSitting In Silence Author:Misha Collins
“It's not that big a mystery about types. It's not even that big a mystery why so many people are picking up on things now. It's like we were talking about the primitive thing before and all that. Nothing has really changed much. The things that have changed are like we're on the noon now. There are more buildings now. But we're still basically two monkeys sitting here.” PeopleStillsTwoBigsTalkingMysteryChangedBuildingTypeSittingPrimitiveMonkeysNoon Author:Van Morrison
“It may look as though two chess players are sitting at the board peacefully calculating possibilities, but in actuality they are seething with a kaleidoscope of emotions.” LooksMayTwoEmotionPlayerPossibilitySittingChessBoardsActualityCalculatingChess PlayersKaleidoscopeSeething Author:Shankarananda
“I found myself sitting at the computer, and I thought I was going to write a kind of simple nostalgic story about two boys and their love of kite fighting. But stories have a will of their own, and this one turned out to be this dark tale about betrayal, loss, regret. The short story which was about 25 pages long sat around for a couple of years.” WritingYearsKindLongTwoStoriesFightingFoundDarkLossSimpleBoysRegretCoupleComputerPagesSittingBetrayalTalesSatShort StoryNostalgicKites Author:Khaled Hosseini
“It's very different - the European way of working and the American way of working. There are two sides for each of them. In Italy, or France, we take it very slow. For example, we would have a lunch break of an hour or more. Just sitting down at the table, chitchatting. In America, it's like, "Grab your sandwich, we're ready to shoot in 10 minutes." But at the same time, everything works so much better in America. It's more efficient, so it's easier to bring the results home faster.” WayTwoDifferentHomeAmericaSidesHoursResultsBreakMinutesExampleReadyEasierSittingTablesFranceFasterLunchEfficientSandwichesTwo SidesSitting DownLunch Break Author:Bianca Balti
“I didn't really know who [Dario Argento] was at the time. I know him now, obviously. But I went in to be an extra on the movie [Two Evil Eyes], and he saw me sitting out waiting to meet the casting director, and he pulled my mother and I into a separate conference room.” KnowsTwoEyeMotherEvilWaitingRoomsSawsDirectorsSittingExtrasCastingConferencesTwo EvilsCasting DirectorsEvil Eye Author:Julie Benz
“At the end of that two weeks Bernard [Leach] asked us if we would like to sit with him tending the kiln, the big oil-fired kiln that they had. He was still sitting what we call a kiln watch at that time, and he wondered if we would like to sit the watch with him and talk. So naturally this was our last opportunity to talk with him, so we said yes. We didn't realize Bernard's kiln watch was from 1:00 in the morning until 4:00 AM.” IfsSaidStillsTwoEndsBigsLastsOpportunityRealizingWatchesMorningWeekSittingOilTwo WeeksBig Oil Author:Warren MacKenzie
“It's the way I enjoy making art - I like sitting down and making five beats; I enjoy that process. I can go two weeks without making a song and just making beats and I'll be OK.” WayArtI CanTwoSongProcessEnjoyFiveWeekBeatsSittingDown AndTwo WeeksSitting Down Author:J. Cole
“It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.” IfsTwoPlayFilmRolesSittingBusyOne TimeSitting AroundFilm Set Author:Damian Lewis
“And the whole Oscar thing, that is just surreal: you spend months and months doing promotion, and then come back to reality with this golden thing in your hands. You put it in the office and then you just have to look at it sitting on the shelf. And, after about two weeks, you go: 'What is that doing there?'” LooksTwoWholeHandsRealityWeekMonthsOfficeSittingGoldenOscarsShelvesPromotionSurrealTwo WeeksBack To Reality Author:Javier Bardem
“There are two ways to go when you hit that crossroads in your life: There is the bad way, when you sort of give up, and then there is the really hard way, when you fight back. I went the hard way and came out of it okay. Now, I'm sitting here and doing great.” WayGivingTwoHardFightingGiving UpSittingOkayTwo WaysCrossroadsHard Way Author:Matthew Perry