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Sitting Quotes - Page 2

It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It was always my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight!

Edwin Lefèvre (2004). “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator”, p.75, John Wiley & Sons

I don't want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do.

"General of the Army : George C. Marshall, Soldier and Statesman" by Ed Cray, (p. 591), 1991.

Being alone is better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely.

Richard Linklater (2008). “Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays”, p.192, Vintage

There’s nothing under the ground that’s worth more than the little layer of topsoil sitting on top of it.

"The Mad Farmer Lives! A Night With Wendell Berry" by Rhea St. Julien, thirtythreadbaremercies.com. October 30, 2012.

I am sitting in the smallest room of my house. I have your review before me. In a moment it shall be behind me.

Quoted in Nicholas Slonimsky, Lexicon of Musical Invective: Critical Assaults on Composers Since Beethoven's Time (1953). Cassell's Humorous Quotations suggests that an earlier version of this jab appeared in a letter by the Fourth Earl of Sandwich in 1785, but no such anecdote is found in the book said to be the source.

I bet you like sitting at red lights.

"8 Ridiculous Things Jon Gruden Said On Monday Night Football" by Tony Manfred, www.businessinsider.com. October 29, 2013.