WALL.E: [M-O has finished cleaning a severely damaged WALL-E, who strains to give a handshake] WALL-E. MO: [M-O scrubs WALL-E's hand, then shakes it] M-O. [M-O reverts to his box form] WALL.E: [pause] M-O? MO: M-O. WALL.E: [another pause] M-O.
The wise pause; the foolish react.
It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.
Tuco: I'm very happy you are working with me! And we're together again. [pause] Tuco: I get dressed, I kill him and be right back. Blondie: Listen, I forgot to mention... He's not alone. There's five of 'em. Tuco: Five? Blondie: Yeah, five of 'em. Tu...
[Dwight has been pulled over by a policeman on a motorcycle, with Jackie-Boy slumped over dead in the passenger seat] Motorcycle Cop: Your buddy there... Partied a little too hard tonight? Dwight: [staring coldly at the cop] I'm the designated driver...
[first lines] Cleon: It's still on and we're goin'. Cyrus sent an emissary this afternoon to make sure. Now, Cyrus don't want anybody packed and he don't want anybody flexing any muscle. So, I gave him my word that the Warriors would uphold the truce...
The pause .... where wisdom has space to appear
The most precious things in speech are pauses.
Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God.
Pausing between stimulus and response allows you to show up in your life.
Rob: [pauses] Is that Peter fucking Frampton?
North-ish." A pause, and then: "Is that Terra for I'm lost-ish?
Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
Life would be indeed easier if the experimentalists would only pause for a little while!
The cracks in old friendships are measured in awkward pauses.
Take a walk with a turtle. And behold the world in pause.
Nature's music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.
A Pause tends the existence of any definition to its end.
J.T.: Hey there, little Yankee boy. Look what I got. Vinny Gambini: What is it? J.T.: $200. Vinny Gambini: Bring it here, let me see it. [J.T. presents a roll of bills] Vinny Gambini: How do I know that's not a bunch of ones with a twenty wrapped aro...
