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Letter "S" » sit down
«I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.»
Author: Flannery O'Connor
| Keywords:
sit down
«It reminded him of his Uncle Seamus, the notorious and poetic drunk, who would sit down at the breakfast table the morning after a bender, drain a bottle of stout and say 'Ah, the chill of consciousness returns»
Author: Molly O'Neill
| About:
Drinking
| Keywords:
bender, benders, bottle, breakfast table, chill, drain, his uncle, Morning after, notorious, poetic, reminded, returns, sit down, stout, The Morning After, The Notorious, uncle, uncles
«I don't really have time to sit down and write. But when I think of a melody, I call up my answering machine and sing it, so I won't forget it.»
Author: Britney Spears
(Singer)
| About:
Music,
Singers and singing
| Keywords:
answering, answering machine, call up, melody, sit down, time machine
«It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all.»
«I still find myself walking away from the water's edge before I have what I need. I turn around and walk back toward the water ...sometimes two or three times, as if I can't decide whether to stay or leave. I will sit down more often and yield to the giver ...and when I return to my desk, I will have what I want to give.»
Author: Jan Denise
(Author, Columnist, Speaker)
| Keywords:
desk, giver, Left Turn, Return to, sit back, sit down, The Giver, three times, turn around, water down
«I tink if people sit down and consider the amount of dedication we put into what we do, we are at the paramount of that scale.»
Author: Lars Ulrich
(Drummer)
| Keywords:
dedication, paramount, scale, scale down, sit down, The Paramount, tink
«Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.»
«It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.»
Author: Harry S Truman
(President)
| Keywords:
differences, ours, sit down, understands, viewpoint, viewpoints, work out
«I will never again go to people under false pretenses even if it is to give them the Holy Bible. I will never again sell anything, even if I have to starve. I am going home now and I will sit down and really write about people.»
Author: Henry Miller
(Author, Writer)
| Keywords:
false pretenses, Going Home, Holy Bible, pretenses, sit down, starve, The Holy Bible, write about
«It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights - even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
sit down, stand up
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