An uninvited in-law finds no space to sit — Greek Proverbs
Our beds are empty two-thirds of the time. Our living rooms are empty seven-eighths of the time. Our office buildings are empty one-half of the time. It's time we gave this some thought. — Richard Buckminster Fuller
The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Many people have come and left, and it has been always good because they emptied some space for better people. — Osho [Chandra Mohan Jain]
Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence. — Jodi Picoult
People don't go there anymore. It's too crowded. — Yogi Berra
Pigeon-holes are only comfortable for pigeons. — Jessye Norman
A vacant white room with lights is still a submission to the neutral. Works of art seen in such spaces seem to be going through a kind of esthetic convalescence. — Robert Smithson
When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive. — Paulo Coelho
Why does the feeling of emptiness occupy so much space? — James De La Vega
Some people feel like they don't deserve love so they walk quietly into the empty spaces. — Christopher McCandless
On the Internet, everyone squats. In real life, the squat rack is always empty. You figure out what this means. — Steve Shaw
You sit or stand in the subway, and you look around - I do, because I don't have a phone so I'm not playing a game - and you see people. — Fran Lebowitz
Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? — Mark Twain
Seat Quotes
Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door. — Douglas MacArthur
If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin. — Samuel Adams
Lord Shiva is seated deep in everyone’s heart. He is Nirguna (One who is without form or its attributes). He is Nirakaar (Has no shape or form), and He is the Para-Brahman (Supreme transcendental Consciousness) that is all pervading. Believe in this. This is Rudra Puja — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Empty Minds Make The Most Noise!
We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us. — Jean-Paul Sartre
I'm tired of hearing all this talk from people who don't understand the process of hard work-like little kids in the back seat asking 'Are we there yet?' Get where you're going 1 mile-marker at a time. — Nick Saban
I just couldn't move. History had me glued to the seat. — Claudette Colvin
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
I like to play pranks on my girlfriend, you know, keep things fresh for me, make me laugh, you know? She hates it. But like, the other night, I put Saran wrap over the toilet seat, you know, which doesn't sound that original, but she's bulimic. — Anthony Jeselnik
I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger. — Harriet Tubman
I'm already hot, you could say I'm pre-heated. If money talks, mine's telling your's to 'be seated — J. Cole
Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation. "I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol! — Mikhail Bulgakov
Being Empty Quotes
When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness. — Shams Tabrizi
Your hands may be full of money and your brain full of information but if your heart is empty, your life is very empty. — T. B. Joshua
When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness. Human should be like a pot. As the pot is hold by its emptiness inside, human is hold by the awareness of his nothingness. — Shams Tabrizi
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space, whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged. — Peter Brook
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. — Bruce Lee
Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns. — Anne Lamott
If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. — Bruce Lee
The Devil writes down our sins - our Guardian Angel all our merits. Labor that the Guardian Angel's book may be full, and the Devil's empty. — John Vianney
It doesn't matter if the glass is half empty or half full. Be grateful you have a glass - your the only person that can decide what's in it. — Gurbaksh Chahal
We must be full reservoirs in order to let our water spill out without becoming empty, and we must possess the spirit with which we want them to be animated, for no one can give what he does not have. — Vincent de Paul
Emptiness Quotes
Loneliness is emptiness, but happiness is you. — Johnny Cash
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. — Norman Vincent Peale
It doesn't matter if the glass is half empty or half full. Be grateful that you have a glass, and there is something in it.
I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you. — Lyndon B. Johnson
Soldiers' bellies are not satisfied with empty promises and hopes. — Peter The Great
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, than, is an empty desk a sign?
Face your fear, empty yourself, trust your own voice, let go of control, have faith in outcomes, connect with a larger purpose, derive meaning from the struggle. — Kano Jigoro
You cannot warm the hearts of people with God's love if they have an empty stomach and cold feet. — William Booth
When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body. — Saadi Shirazi
A typical 'Larry King Live' is a pastiche whose absurdism defies parody. Wearing his trademark suspenders and purple shirts, he looks as if he's strapped to the chair with vertical seat belts, unable to eject. — James Wolcott
I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow. — Julia Cameron
Escape through travel works. Almost from the moment I boarded my flight, life in England became meaningless. Seat-belt signs lit up, problems switched off. Broken armrests took precedence over broken hearts. By the time the plane was airborne I'd forgotten England even existed. — Alex Garland
Without music, life would be a mistake.
If someone does not have a missions heart at home, nothing magical happens when they buckle the seat belt on the airplane. — David Sills
Man, wear your seat belts. That's all I can tell everybody. You never know. — Tom Brady
You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal. Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have. — P. J. O'Rourke
Take your seat. Live from a place of rest, peace, trust.
A lot of the people who keep a gun at home for safety are the same ones who refuse to wear a seat belt — George Carlin
People in general are not interested in paying extra for increased safety. At the beginning seat belts cost $200 and nobody bought them. — Gene Spafford
I think women are great drivers. To be honest, I've only been in one car accident - one of my best friends, his wife was driving. She went into oncoming traffic, our car flipped almost four times. I didn't even have time to put on a seat belt, because they'd just picked me up. — Dominic Cooper
What paper planes and empty seats most have in common
is that they are best made by children still learning how to ride things out. — Buddy Wakefield
When anything good happens to you in your day, give thanks. It doesn't matter how small it is, say thank you. When you get the perfect parking space, hear your favorite song on the radio, approach a light that turns green, or find an empty seat on the bus or train, say thank you. These are all good things that you are receiving from life. — Rhonda Byrne
Can there be a more lamentable picture than that of a Chancellor of the Exchequer seated on an empty chest by a pool of bottomless deficiency fishing for a budget? — Robert Peel
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put it in the teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.
Everyone we love builds a home in our heart. And when they are gone we spend eternity staring at their empty seat. — Bindi Irwin
Life is a train ride, and at the many stations along the route, people important to us debark, never to get aboard again, until by the end of the journey, we sit in a passenger car where most of the seats are empty. — Dean Koontz
My definition of utter waste is a coachload of lawyers going over a cliff, with three empty seats. — Lamar Hunt
An empty coffee cup is full of hope...
I kept hearing that metal is dead and Ozzy's dead and people that like Ozzy are dead. I have never had an empty seat. I've always sold out, so who's saying it's all over? — Ozzy Osbourne
Getting last-minute cancellations can put a black cloud over an event before it has even started. If it's a large, casual cocktail party, then I'll often not say anything until the next day. But if you're not able to make it to a small, seated dinner, you have to call the host - there's nothing worse than an empty chair at a table. — Derek Blasberg
What President of the Airline is doing is, he's urging everyone to give up their frequent flyer miles for sick kids... But as I was reading this, there were two empty seats next to me. Why can't sick kids sit there? If they're so concerned with sick kids, shouldn't they have like a pen of sick kids next to the gate? — David Cross
When you can sell [empty seats] at the gate for an upgrade for 500 bucks or 600 bucks... it makes all the sense in the world. — David Neeleman
Zazen is seated meditation-the opposite of contemplation-the emptying of the mind of all thoughts in order simply to be. In the midst of all evil, not a thought is aroused in the mind-this is called za. Seeing into one's Self-nature, not being moved at all-this is called Zen. — Huineng
Olympic organizers are reportedly struggling to fill rows and rows of empty seats. Empty seats! In fact, yesterday officials put out a casting call asking for 200 Europeans or eight Americans. — Conan O'Brien
It is the empty seats that listen most raptly. — James Richardson
Welcome to the Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona that is packed to capacity... with some patches of seats left empty. — George Hamilton
Whenever I travel I like to keep the seat next to me empty. I found a great way to do it. When someone walks down the aisle and says to you, "Is someone sitting there?" just say, "No one except the Lord." — Carol Leifer
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