Sitting quotes
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"Many a poor sore-eyed student that I have heard of would grow faster, both intellectually and physically, if, instead of sitting up so very late, he honestly slumbered a fool's allowance."
"There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible dullness. When sometimes I am reminded that the mechanics and shopkeepers stay in their shops not only all the forenoon, but all the afternoon too, sitting with crossed legs, so many of them - as if the legs were made to sit upon, and not to stand or walk upon."
"We all have a history of digital texts, posts, messages, reposts/tweets that are sitting out there and can be used by anyone for any reason."
"You’ll never know that just sitting across a room full of people, I have transformed you into a goddess. A destroyer of despair."
"If there was two birds sitting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first."
"That is a society editor, sitting there elegantly dressed, with his legs crossed in that indolent way, observing the clothes the ladies wear, so that he can describe them for his paper and make them out finer than they are and get bribes for it and become wealthy."
"Good God,” I whispered, sitting on the van’s cot and looking at my legs, horrified. They were hairy—not wolf hairy, but an I-couldn’t-find-my-razor-the-last-six-months hairy. Utterly grossed out, I took a peek at my armpit, jerking away. Oh, that’s just…nasty."
"I’ve wanted you from the moment we met, and if you think sitting next to me in your bra doesn’t overwhelm me with desire, you’re very wrong. I just don’t force myself where I’m not invited. (Bones)"
"I have attention deficit disorder, so sitting in a classroom is not the best thing for me."
"The bikes have been sitting around, but now were getting them out and using them."
"Sometimes music comes across to me just when I am sitting around doing nothing, and then the music makes me think of a few words I might have written."
"Fat people are brilliant in bed. If I'm sitting on top of you, who's going to argue?"
"Sitting on a cornflake, Waiting for the van to come..."
"T is as cheap sitting as standing."
"If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso."
"Sitting in the lap of the model you intend to paint never seemed to me to be the ideal location."
"This was what I liked most about my friends: just sitting around & telling stories."
"I always want everything read in one sitting. If they can't read it in one sitting, you're going to lose the rhythm of it. You're going to lose the shape of it."
"Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting."
"I feel like movies, if there's any kind of budget whatsoever, there's so much sitting, and I really like to work. Otherwise my blood sugar just drops, you know, six hours sitting in a camper."
