“Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting.”

“Today is your day, your mountain is waiting. So get on your way.”

“You're off to Great Places!Today is your day!Your mountain is waiting,So... get on your way!”

“You can get so confusedthat you'll start in to racedown long wiggled roads at a break-necking paceand grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.The Waiting Place...”

“He should not be here, " said the fish in the pot. " he should not be here when your mother is not.”

“Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head? Did you ever milk this kind of cow? Well, we can do it. We know how. If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good.”

“One fish Two fish Red fish Blue fish!”