On Time Quotes

The problem is, when you're making an animated movie, the studio has an illusion in their minds - and it's really not true - that because it's a drawing, it can be changed at any time.

People have a very proprietary relationship with Superman. It's important to respect the iconography and the canon, but at the same time, you have to tell a story.

If you're going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautious all the time.

Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.

In a whisper he began begging for—and, as the sun set, received—the concession people always beg for: a little more time.

I wrote 'White Teeth' in the late nineties. I didn't really feel trepidatious about it. It was a different time.

First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else.

I'm very attracted to exile literature - particularly Nabokov - exactly because the idea of being away from home for any serious length of time is so inconceivable to me.

I consider the modernization of the Middle East the central challenge of our time. This region behaves as if it were disturbed, if you'll excuse the clinical expression.

Iran is undertaking a massive effort to expand its influence in southern Iraq. At the same time, that influence decreases the more the political process in Iraq progresses.

For people of different faiths to coexist, it's going to take maturity, wisdom, and patience. All of which come, eventually, with tolerance. And it's a process of time.

For the longest time, I wanted to become a pianist. That was kinda my thing.

That's one of the main things I do, work with choreographers. I've been doing it a long time, and it's a real important part of my life as a soundmaker, making music for dance.

It's important to know when to take your time and not overspend and overdo things, of course. That's why you get things that can be dressed in a thousand different ways.

Time has changed and now is the age of spending.

What you do off the job plays a major role in how far you go on the job. How many good books, do you read each year? How often do you attend workshops? Who do you spend must of your time with?

When you're grieving that's not the time to be brave or strong, you need to let it show

Take time to be quiet.

When you break goal into increment and start controlling your time, things begin to happen.

Every time passionate people fail, they are convinced that they are simply one step closer to fulfilling their dream.

When your confidence goes up, your competence goes up the same time.

My father was like the Old Testament. I am the New Testament. I am part of a new generation. In time, people will realize this.

Eleven would have been the best time. Eleven is just about the best age for almost everything.

The French team has given me so much and I want to help it. I told myself I did not have much time left in soccer, and I want to profit from it to the maximum.

I stopped Googling myself a long time ago. I'm sure there's plenty of misinformation out there, but I am blissfully unaware of it.

I think, a lot of times, directors assume that whatever they get from you the first time, whether it be at an audition or on set, is all that you can bring.

This might surprise you, but I do feel like I have, because the shooting of all these films was spread out, for the most part. They just happen to be coming out at the same time.

I love 'Husbands and Wives,' Woody Allen's movie. It's like one of my all-time favorites. I could watch it over and over again.

Theater is a really exciting place to return to all the time because it's incredible training for an actor.

I try to make a lot of time for friends and family because I think that's really important and for pleasurable experiences.

With my schedule, I don't have much time to get to yoga classes, but I do keep a mat in my trailer and practice for a few minutes most days. It keeps me centered.

I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.

I know the responsibility that entails from telling a story. The one thing I despise the most is when I go to a movie and I see a whole bunch of lazy actors making me waste my time and money.

Every time an adult is going to write something for a teenager and you don't have, physically, a person who is that, you are always going to be a little off.

Meant to be?’ It's just something people say so that they don't have to look at all the things they did wrong and wish they could take back. Only by the time they figure that out, it's too late.

I try to create songs that are really massive and intense, but at the same time remaining honest and raw.

For a long time, I couldn't even afford food and clothing. I climbed from the very bottom of the society.

I've always had a really great time being in movies and writing music when I get home. The more creative I am, the more it feeds into other creative aspects of my life.

I have Pro Tools on my computer, and I make CDs all the time.

I wasn't really the most charming person, socially - it took me a long time to develop my people skills - but the one place I was always comfortable was onstage, acting or singing.

Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.

I never have time to have a dinner. I have to eat while I'm memorizing lines. The only way to maintain energy is to eat all day long. I must eat all day long.

I think that if you haven't been to the grocery store in a really long time, it's really easy to get very out of touch.

Love is just a piece of time in the world in the world And I couldn't help but fall in love again

I can't even remember the first time I started singing.

I would watch 'Wizard of Oz,' like every day, when I was two. I had a hard time understanding that I couldn't go into the film, because it felt so real to me.

I'm a big fan of the '80s fantasy genre that I grew up watching, movies like "Krull" and "Clash of the Titans" and "Time Bandits" and all that stuff.

I'm not cynical about love at all. I'm very practical. I think love takes up a lot of time.

I'm a little bit of a weirdo - I'm kind of a loner, I didn't go to college, I spend a lot of my time reading. I've been working since I was 17, so that's sort of been my life.

I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.'