#sitting

But if we begin thinking about the world being over 100 million years old, then it's absolutely by chance that you and I are sitting here alive today, while all the others are dead or have never been born. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

#absolutely #alive #been #begin #being

I'm proud of what I've done in Jordan, but the region itself is sitting on a time bomb. ↗

— King Hussein

#done #i #itself #jordan #proud

If it were the Clinton people, they'd be sitting around figuring out how to pull themselves out. Instead the president is continuing to go around the country and peddling Social Security, which the needle is not moving on. ↗

— Gwen Ifill

#clinton #continuing #country #figuring #go

I hope to be 70 and sitting at the table with journalists, talking about my films. ↗

— Elena Anaya

#films #hope #i #journalists #sitting

The only thing I'd ever done with news was to read copy sitting at the microphone in the studio. ↗

— Ed Bradley

#done #ever #i #microphone #news

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping. ↗

— Benjamin Britten

#composer #having #idea #night #nighttime

I think some people think that being on television makes you a sitting duck, but you have the right to remain private. ↗

— Amanda Burton

#duck #i #i think #makes #people

I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis was just having fun with the gang and all the Memphis boys and Colonel Parker was sitting over here in like a theater seat. ↗

— Mac Davis

#elvis #fun #gang #having #having fun

The main thing about writing is... writing. Sitting your butt down in the chair and doing the work. ↗

— Ben Fountain

#chair #doing #down #main #main thing

The web of life is a beautiful and meaningless dance. The web of life is a process with a moving goal. The web of life is a perfectly finished work of art right where I am sitting now. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#art #beautiful #dance #finished #finished work