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Quotes about Time


The development of the doctrine of international arbitration, considered from the standpoint of its ultimate benefits to the human race, is the most vital movement of modern times. In its relation to the well-being of the men and women of this and ensuing generations, it exceeds in importance the proper solution of various economic problems which are constant themes of legislative discussion and enactment.

William Howard Taft

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

Lily Tomlin

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.

Mary Hemingway

A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd, In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.

William Alexander, Earl of Stirling

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

David Letterman

A wound will perhaps become tolerable with length of time; but wounds which are raw shudder at the touch of the hands. [Lat., Tempore ducetur longo fortasse cicatrix; Horrent admotas vulnera cruda manus.]

Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

The private wound is deepest. O time most accurst, 'Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst!

William Shakespeare

A stone thrown at the right time is better than a stone thrown at the wrong time.

Persian Proverb

I was learning the importance of names— having them, making them --but at the same time I sensed the dangers. Recognition was followed by oblivion, a yawning maw whose victims disappeared without a trace.

Josephine Baker

We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.

Elizabeth II

Her years Were ripe, they might make six-and-twenty springs; But there are forms which Time to touch forbears. And turns aside his scythe to vulgar things.

Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron)

Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.

Benjamin Euripides

The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.

Carl Jung

Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. You are as old as your doubt, your fear, your despair. The way to keep young is to keep your faith young. Keep your self-confidence young. Keep your hope young.

Luella F. Phean

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.

George Bernard Shaw

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

Samuel Ullman

Life is a waste of time; time is a waste of life; so why waste your time when you could be having the time of your life?

Unknown Unknown

I just read this great science fiction story. It's about how machines take control of humans and turn them into zombie slaves! ... HEY! What time is it?? My TV show is on!

Calvin (Bill Watterson)

During production, I didn't ever have one minute off to go file my nails, or do anything which girls quite like to do some of the time. I couldn't do anything. I turned into a zombie.

Elizabeth Hurley

Every woman is like a timezone. She is a nocturnal fragment of your journey. She brings you unflaggingly closer to the next night.

Jean Baudrillard

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