Time Quotes

There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them.

Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel the passage of time is occurring.

Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.

I bought a piano once because I had the dream of playing As Time Goes By as some girl's leaning on it drinking a martini. Great image. But none of it worked out. I can't even play Chopsticks. But I've got a nice piano at my house!

That's my only goal. Surround myself with funny people, and make sure everyone has a good time and works hard.

Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.

The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

I am disappointed that my 25 years in public life have apparently not earned me the benefit of the doubt, but I understand that Senator Mitchell's report has raised many serious questions. I plan to publicly answer all of those questions at the appropriate time in the appropriate way. I only ask that in the meantime people not rush to judgment.

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.

What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

Time travel may be achieved one day, or it may not. But if it is, it should not require any fundamental change in world-view, at least for those who broadly share the world view I am presenting in this book.

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.

Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.

Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort.

Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the blame.

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.

Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past.

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.

Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and a poet second.