Time Quotes
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One wonders how the literary revisionists and canon cleansers can bear to take the money. Imagine a school of sixteenth century art criticism that spent its time contently jeering at the past for not knowing about perspective.
Martin Amis
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Temptation is as old as time; or at least, the history of temptation extends as far back as the moment Eve gave Adam that serpent's apple. But what sets the lady apart from the tramp is the ability to acknowledge she needs to clean up her act - and then, of course, the fact that she actually does clean up her act.
Derek Blasberg
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Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it.
Edward Furlong
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There is not an example on record of any free state holding a province of the same extent and population without disastrous consequences. The nations conquered and held as a province have, in time, retaliated by destroying the liberty of their conquerors through the corrupting effect of extended patronage and irresponsible power.
John C. Calhoun
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When you’re engaged in what you love to do, it’s like driving in the fast lane. Time flies by and more roads open up to you, alternate routes you may not have even known existed.
T. Harv Eker
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I didn't want to just watch a woman who was getting it right all the time. We're not perfect.
Brie Larson
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People crown kings and queens at homecoming parades all the time. We do a lot of things in our society that are simply symbolic.
Danny K. Davis
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No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.
Victor Hugo
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Women's tennis has been around for a very long time - we're talking about the 1800s. But women's soccer hasn't had such a long history, so now they're right at the beginning of really trying to make things equal. We need to continue not only to advocate for women but to have men advocating for women.
Venus Williams
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It's been three years since I last performed here so I'm dying to tear the roof off Wembley Arena with some old school joints and brand new bangers. When I'm done, you're gonna remember it for a long time to come.
Trevor George Smith Jr.
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I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.
Harold Ramis
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I can be jailed again at any time, it is very easy. They can say I am a criminal and just lock me up.
Chen Guangcheng
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Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be Before your time Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it's the life you lead You're so ahead of yourself That you forfeit what you need Though you can see when you're wrong.
Billy Joel
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A period of time is as much an organising principle for a work of fiction as a sense of place. You can do geography, as Faulkner did, or you can dwell on a particular period. It provides the same framework.
E. L. Doctorow
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I moved to Paris for two years, then to London, then New York in 2002. In that time, I also lived in Japan, Italy, Germany - I've been a bit of a gypsy.
Caitriona Balfe
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You know, I've taught philosophy for years and one argues in the hypothetical all the time.
Bill Bennett
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I find it almost comforting to count calories, because it makes me conscious of what I'm eating. But on Super Bowl Sunday, I thought, 'Surrender to it. It's nacho time.' Then I ate nothing but Doritos all day.
Kristen Bell
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There are two kinds of ham: raw and cooked. Raw ham is cured with salt and/or smoke over time; cooked ham is boiled. Every culture that makes ham has its own unique and various methods.
Kate Christensen
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Every time I see something about the Wild West, I'm reminded that our version of history may not be what really happened.
James McBride
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Some hurts can never be mended" he said. "No matter how much time passes. They tattoo themselves on our souls
Yasmine Galenorn
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And then the last album, 'Get It', was done over a shorter period of time and I started using other musicians, as opposed to playing all the instruments myself like I did on the other two.
Dave Edmunds
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Only one sport can subsume my life at a time.
Katherine Dunn
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The Washington establishment think Republicans win elections by you don't stand for anything, you keep your head down, you don't rock the boat. You know what? Every time we do that, we get clobbered in the polls.
Ted Cruz
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People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case.
Christopher Guest