Time Quotes

• Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war.

  

  Loren Eiseley
  • Long
  • War
  • Shoes

• Like the diminishing beauty returns for a facially paralyzed Botox addict, the more forcefully we attempt to stop the passage of time, the less available we are to the very moment we seek to preserve.

  

  Douglas Rushkoff
  • Time
  • Stop

• You don't really know when the last time you're going to do something is; the middle can often be a bit blurry. Firsts are very potent.

  

  Jenny Han
  • Time

• I never wanted to be a literary writer. I wanted to be an entertainer. All I wanted was to give what a lot of writers had given me: a good time on a bad day.

  

  Marion Chesney
  • Time
  • Good
  • Bad

• About that time, stronger features became fashionable on the screen.

  

  Marie Windsor
  • Time

• Even though there were three newspapers in Chicago at the time, he said 'you wouldn't want to compete with your husband," and so instead of doing what I might do now in that situation, I basically saluted and found other things to do.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Husband
  • Chicago
  • Might

• As a mom, you're so panicked and starved for time, you just need help.

  

  Leah Busque
  • Time
  • Help
  • Mom

• The strongest moments in my life are when I'm filming. It's an adventure. As an actor I try to seduce someone, try to share something. The rest of my time is spent exploring experiences with women.

  

  Jean-Pierre Leaud
  • Life
  • Women
  • Moments

• A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music use to make me smile.

  

  Don McLean
  • Music
  • Long
  • Remember

• My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker.

  

  Philippe Petit
  • Parents
  • Intelligent
  • Encouraging

• Think'st thou existence doth depend on time?It doth; but actions are our epochs: mineHave made my days and nights imperishableEndless, and all alike, as sands on the shoreInnumerable atoms; and one desertBarren and cold, on which the wild waves break,But nothing rests, save carcases and wrecks,Rocks, and the salt-surf weeds of bitterness.

  

  Lord Byron
  • Time
  • Cold
  • Waves

• I learn so much on Twitter all the time, and it would be a shame not to share that with my readers.

  

  Jenny Han
  • Time

• Arnold Schwarzenegger is gonna be the new governor of California. During his acceptance speech Arnold said 'I will not let you down.' Unfortunately, at the time Arnold was holding a woman over his head and looking up her dress.

  

  Conan O'Brien
  • Up
  • California
  • Acceptance

• If we ever have free time, my partner and I are fond of going on walks through the local state forests and parks.

  

  Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
  • Time
  • Free
  • Partner

• At that time, the people that were in the animated film business were mostly guys who were unsuccessful newspaper cartoonists. In other words, their ability to draw living things was practically nil.

  

  Marc Davis
  • People
  • Business
  • Words

• The most important lesson my parents taught me is that writing is a job, one that requires discipline and commitment. Most of the time it's a fun job, a wonderful job, but sometimes it isn't, and those are the days that test you.

  

  Jesse Kellerman
  • Important
  • Writing
  • Job

• I always just try to write the best songs that I can at any given time, and sometimes those songs are for me, and sometimes they're for other people. And that's to be evaluated after the fact.

  

  Chris Stapleton
  • People
  • Time

• My career is over. I'm just playing now and having a great time. I like to keep busy, and I'm doing what's fun for me.

  

  Dick Van Dyke
  • Great
  • Fun
  • Career

• 'Oh yes,' said the Emperor. 'That’s what you have to do when you approach the Celestial Presence-that’s me.''Well, I’m afraid that no cat in the world ever bowed to an emperor,' said Jason. 'They just won’t do it, Ichigo, and you’re wasting your time if you try to force them. A cat does what he wants, when he wants, emperor or not.'

  

  Lloyd Alexander
  • Time
  • World
  • Cat

• When asked if we have enough time to prevent catastrophe, she'd always say that we have exactly enough time - starting now

  

  Amory Lovins
  • Time
  • She

• If one's honest about it, spending time in a car with children is pretty ghastly.

  

  Arabella Weir
  • Children
  • Pretty
  • Car

• People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog.

  

  Ann Patchett
  • People
  • Bad
  • Baby

• When I see myself at 14 years old I can put my hands on my head and think: 'How could I have done that?' but at that time it had sense for me. You do the same when you're 20. And now, when you look at people who are 20 years old you ask yourself: 'Was I like that? Was I really like that?'

  

  Javier Bardem
  • People
  • Time
  • Done

• I think the ultimate thing in some ways for any writer is to work on a character who's going to have a life for a long time.

  

  Peter Gould
  • Life
  • Work
  • Long

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