Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.

Ada Yonath

Gordon Brown is a character from a tragic opera, twisted by ambition and a Presbyterian sense of fateful destiny. He has waited 13 years, mostly in Tony Blair's shadow, for this poisoned chalice and has a pessimist's luck.

A. A. Gill

You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

A. A. Milne

Every time I sit for a song, I feel I am finished. It's like a beggar sitting waiting for God to fill your bowl with the right thought. In every song, I ask help from Him. Everybody around is so good, so to create music that will connect with so many people is not humanly possible without inspiration.

A. R. Rahman

Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.

A. Whitney Brown

One of the hardest things about being a musician is finishing a project and then having to wait three or six months to publish it and to do all the sort of promotional behaviour.

Aaron Dessner

You never know what's going to happen in the draft. You just wait until your name gets called and then things happen.

Aaron Donald

The great thing about 'Battlestar' was that it was basically 'Star Wars' but once a week, as opposed to waiting for three years for the movie to come out. I was a huge 'Battlestar' fan.

Aaron Douglas

I just do these 'Sleep' type tracks when the situation presents itself. I never set out to do them, like wait all day until I'm really tired or something. Gotta come natural.

Aaron Funk

God is waiting for us, to forgive us all, and what is broken, he'll fix.

Aaron Neville

I'm waiting for them to come up with a 'Star Trek' thing so they can beam me from my house to the gigs and back.

Aaron Neville

When you're a politician, someone always wants something from you, so they're constantly telling you how smart or great you are, and that can warp people! Exercising humility is important to me. My friends back home treat me like the same person I was when I was waiting tables.

Aaron Schock

I desperately need the love of complete strangers. That's one reason I overtip. I love when skycaps, waiters, and valets are happy to see me.

Aaron Sorkin

I feel so fortunate and lucky I don't have to be a waitress or a bartender or a personal trainer.

Abbie Cobb

Do your job. Do it the best you can. Do it right, because somebody, sometimes your best friend, is waiting for you to screw up so she can take your place.

Abby Lee Miller

Being the second-youngest of eight children has helped. You get used to waiting your turn even if it's just to have a go on the PlayStation. And you have to make sure you're ready to take it when it comes. It's the same in football.

Abdoulaye Doucoure

Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.

Abdullah II of Jordan

Investors don't like being in a world where everything is held up by and waiting for an approval from a very small number of people.

Abhijit Banerjee

The first eight years in Mumbai were specially tough. I knew during the first two months of my stay that there's no point waiting for hours to meet producers. They won't meet you and definitely won't give you a role.

Abhimanyu Singh

I really believe at the end of the day, regardless of how noble you are or how patriotic the film might be, it has to serve as entertainment in order for your audiences to come into the theatre and watch it. Otherwise, audiences will wait and see it a few months later when it is premiered on television.

Abhishek Bachchan

I always deeply admire people who can stay still in a room and wait for people to come to them.

Abi Morgan