On Time Quotes
In every great novel, who is the hero all the time? Not any of the characters, but some unnamed and nameless flame behind them all.
Next time you wish to feed me poison, warn me first," Loor demanded. (The Merchant of Death)
I haven't had the time to do a lot of writing. But nothing's really changed about me. It's just my day-to-day activities have changed, and as a person, I have to adapt to those changes.
Falling in love with a story is like falling in love with a person. It tends to occupy your life, your thoughts. You can't do anything else for a long time.
A writer is first and foremost a witness of her time. She must tell the truth, not take a political position. But then the truth that she discovers is profoundly political.
My all-time favorite skin cream is from Poland. Its called Eva Natura with Polish herbs, including rosemary. It smells wonderful and is soothing and comforting.
It takes time and energy, and if I'm working, then I'd rather flop in front of the telly than put on a tiny dress and work out how to get myself to God knows where. I mean, lazy some would call it.
As you see, context is everything and nothing at the same time. Words stand alone and with each other.
Life does not wait: Whether we spend our lives meaningfully or not, the time will be used up moment by moment.
In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.
On those days when I can spend a few hours getting some understanding, I feel fulfilled. I feel as if I have made good use of my time.
In the Buddha's life story we see the three stages of practice: Morality comes first, then concentrated meditation, and then wisdom. And we see that the path takes time.
I would have taken the time to learn how to listen earlier. Learning about non-violent communication and how to take feedback has been integral to both my personal happiness and professional success.
Don't come to New York until you've finished a book. It's too expensive. You'll never write anything. You'll spend all your time working to pay the rent.
I tend to eat vegetables only when I'm with the kids and the rest of the time, I'm a bit slack. But, I am weight-conscious, so I concentrate on avoiding junk food.
There will come a time when the Ministry of Health is the only Ministry we can afford to have and we still won't be able to afford the Ministry of Health
It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.
We're making so many images today and it's unbelievable. I shoot stuff all the time. I try to figure a lot out before I paint. I do a tremendous amount of shooting.
I need a girl who will put me in my place, but I also want to laugh and have a good time.
A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.
Trying to write music that's sensitive to 400 years ago takes a bit of madness, as it's such a long stretch of time.
Star Wars' is a galaxy a long time ago, far, far away. 'Star Wars' is not about our future.
One of the things I've learned is there's no lesson to be learned. You have to resign yourself to the fact that mistakes are going to be made at any time in the creative process.
I have found, unfortunately, that if I take on too many projects at one time, there is a higher probability of those projects sucking.
Suffice it to say, there are some very big ideas in Prometheus and, therefore, it covers a very vast expanse of time.
There was a time when certain producers could produce just about anything, and the label execs would say, "That's a such-and-such record. Let's put that out as the first single."
Not all debt is bad. From time to time we should get into debt when there's a good reason for that.
Rainy day savings are incredibly important, because from time to time, bad things happen. And if you're not prepared for that, it's going to be really terrible.
The people who need to overcome temptation to the highest degree have the hardest time doing it.
I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments.
You keep accusing me of blasphemy all of the time, but I cannot be convicted of a victimless crime.
Part of me likes words as music sabotage, and part of me wonders why anyone would waste their time liking anything to do with sabotage.
We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by a book was Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time.
One final bit of advice. The next time a senior administrator of the CIA tells you she has a national-security crisis Leave the bullshit in Cambridge.
You can go on like this for a very long time, and no one will notice. You keep thinking you're going to hit some sort of bottom, but I'm here to tell you: There is no bottom.
I wanted to write a horror story. But in some ways, I have always thought of myself as a kind of ghost-story/horror writer, though most of the time the supernatural never actually appears on stage.
It is not like a premonition of death. It is as if she died a long time ago, and she just now remembered it.
I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.
It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.
You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.
When music becomes a job, you all of a sudden have other jobs and you become like a manager of time. If you have no ability to do that, your job gets very hard very quickly.
To be human is to be aware of the passage of time; no concept lies closer to the core of our consciousness.