On Time Quotes

Most of the time when you see a movie, the best character in the movie is not "the guy," it's the guy next to the guy.

There is, then, a logical priority about the arrangements, and logic has nothing to do with time.

An enemy might at any time become a friend, but while an enemy was an enemy he should be trodden on and persecuted.

The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time. Get into a fist fight, put your mind on the strategy of the fight, and you will not feel the other fellow's punches.

To live simply to die is by no means amusing, but to live with the knowledge that you will die before your time, that's really is idiotic

I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and recreates the experience of people at that time.

I had an unspoken treaty with myself to never lie in my lyrics, so, for a long time, when I wrote love songs, I would use genderless pronouns, like "dear" and "darling" - like some kind of granny!

I feel like I have one foot in New York, one foot in London and one foot in India. But it's important to me to invest time with family.

Any time we have projects that we haven't begun or completed, they drain energy.

When life is at that extremely hard time, all we can control is our attitude.

A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art.

The avarice of mankind is insatiable; at one time two obols was pay enough; but now, when this sum has become customary, men always want more and more without end.

The form of government is a democracy when the free, who are also poor and the majority, govern, and an oligarchy when the rich and the noble govern, they being at the same time few in number.

Legislative enactments proceed from men carrying their views a long time back; while judicial decisions are made off hand.

We had a great time on the bench talking about crime, mother-stabbin', father raping, all kinds of groovy things.

The busier you are, the less time you have to make decisions.

A sense of the value of time... is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry.

When you play by the rules, defy mental demons, overcome every challenge, and enjoy a walk in the country at the same time - that's being alive.

First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur.

I don't mind looking foolish but it's just that I'm so bad at singing. The only time people ask me to sing is if they want the party to stop. If they want everyone to go home. Immediately.

Nobody will finish above us in the league. It wouldn't surprise me if we were to go unbeaten for the whole of the season. The challenge now is to dominate English football for a long time.

I have only been here since 1996 but between 1966 and 1996 England had thirty years without foreign players and didn't win any more competitions in that time.

The time was fast approaching when Earth, like all mothers, must say farewell to her children.

Sometimes a decision has to be made by a single individual, who has the authority to enforce it. That's why you need a captain. You can't run a ship by a committee-at least not all the time.

The exploration of the planets is now closer to us in time than the exploration of Africa by Stanley and Livingstone.

Music is geometry in time.

Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition.

It’s always hard. If it was easy, everyone would do it rather than going around telling you their ideas and saying how they could be a writer if they had the time.

I can do only one thing at a time, but I can avoid doing many things simultaneously.

All men fall. It's but time and method that differ.

Natural gas is the one fuel that we have that's affordable, it's scaleable, it can replace coal over time, it can replace imported oil, can create American jobs.

Next time, ask: What's the worst that will happen? Then push yourself a little further than you dare.

They say that at that moment you didn't do this, you didn't do that, but at that time I didn't have the means. I didn't have an army to stop the killings. I'm not Moses, I can't do miracles.

I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.

I feel like if you play basketbal, you should want to improve all the time. You should never feel like you don't need to improve.

I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether its a man or a woman.

In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions much of one's life history is etched in the senses.

Painting something that defies the law of the land is good. Painting something that defies the law of the land and the law of gravity at the same time is ideal.

Those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don't have time to deny it - they're busy dealing with it.

You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time, not only with the votes we cast, but the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideas.

I've been saying for years, we're gonna have to spend a lot more time on cyber security.

Time is running out for Iran to address the international community's growing concerns about its nuclear program.

Iran . . . has failed to take the opportunity to demonstrate that its nuclear program is peaceful . . . time is not unlimited.

It is time for a new compact among the civilized peoples of this world to eradicate war at its most fundamental source: the corruption of young minds by violent ideology.

Voting against the resolution authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was one of my proudest moments as a senator. It is long past time to close this tragic chapter in American history.

If I can make a generalization, men get into politics because, from the time they're little boys, they've been wanting to be President.

I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.

And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.

I have had the most wonderful time on 'EastEnders' and I will miss you all. The show has changed my life and I want you all to continue the good work, because I'll be at home watching you.

The methods that EPA introduced after 1970 to reduce air-pollutant emissions worked for a while, but over time have become progressively less effective.