Time Quotes
To Robert Fulton What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck I pray you excuse me. I have no time to listen to such nonsense.Napoleon I
Since I do not foresee that atomic energy is to be a great boon for a long time, I have to say that for the present it is a menace. Perhaps it is well that it should be. It may intimidate the human race into bringing order into its international affairs, which, without the pressure of fear, it would not do.Albert Einstein
Continuous unremitting darkness has been known to send some people into an emotional tailspin, so the management here at KBHR radio suggests locking away the firearms. The desire to stick that 45 between the teeth can get pretty strong at times, so why invite temptation.Andrew Schneide
Certain souls seem hard because they are capable of strong feelings, and they sometimes go to rather extreme lengths their apparent unconcern and cruelty are but ways, known only to themselves, of feeling more strongly than others.Marquis de Sade
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
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.H. G. Wells
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.Ansel Adams
There is one thing stronger than all the armies of the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.Victor Hugo
As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it nothing more than a bunch of honking and yelling Sometimes it seemed that way.Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.Joel Barke
Let not the sands of time get in your lunch.National Lampoon, "Deteriorata".
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar", Act 2 scene 2
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?Scott Adams
How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.William James
Be ready when opportunity comes... Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.Roy D. Chapin, Jr.
Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.William Makepeace Thackeray
Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.Pablo Picasso
We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home.Australian Aboriginal Prove
Witness at all times. If necessary, use words.St. Francis of Assissi
Share your M&Ms. There are bags and bags of them all over the place. If you give them one of yours, even one of the green ones, you will not be lacking. Honust Injun. Now apply this to Time, Concern, Touch, Interest and Being Vulnerable.Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, 02 - 14 - 03
Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.Jean Cocteau
Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
We generate our own environment. We get exactly what we deserve. How can we resent the life weve created for ourselves? Whos to blame, whos to credit, but us? Who can change it anytime we wish, but us?Richard Bach, One
Avoid destructive thinking. Improper negative thoughts sink people. A ship can sail around the world many, many times, but just let enough water get into the ship and it will sink. Just so with the human mind. Let enough negative thoughts or improper thoughts get into the human mind and the person sinks just like a ship.Alfred A. Montapert
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.Ansel Adams
Half the world does not know the joys of wearing cotton underwear. promoting US exports, as quoted in Time.Phil Gramm
It is time, it is high time... Yes, but to do what?Friedrich Nietzsche, So spake Zarathoustra
The trouble with born - Again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around.Herb Caen
This quote reminds me to enjoy each moment of the summer Steep thyself in a bowl of summertime.Virgil
I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.Hellen Kelle
Sometimes when reading Goethe I have a paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny.Guy Davenport
The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself - Always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr.
Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.Lisa Althe
It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.Lord Chesterfield
Have patience awhile slanders are not long - Lived. Truth is the child of time erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.Immanuel Kant
Preach the gospel at all times - - If necessary, use words.Saint Francis of Assisi
Childhood is that wonderful time when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath.Joe Moore
