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Quotes About Timing

The one certain thing was that death never came at an expected moment.
~ George Orwell
She knew when to cheer and when to boo, and that was all one needed
~ George Orwell
Koki sangat kasar, tapi dia juga seorang seniman. Karena alasan kemampuan dan ketepatan waktu, dan bukan karena kelebihan dalam keahlian memasak, koki laki-laki lebih disukai daripada perempuan.
~ George Orwell
Opportunity waste no time on those who are unprepared.
~ George S. Clason
Good luck, we do find, often follows opportunity but seldom comes otherwise.
~ George S. Clason
he accepts not opportunity when she comes. He waits. He says I have much business right now. Bye and bye I talk to you. Opportunity, she will not wait for such slow fellow. She thinks if a man desires to be lucky he will step quick. Any man not step quick when opportunity comes, he big procrastinator like our friend, this merchant.
~ George S. Clason
La suerte puede sonreirnos si aprovechamos las ocasiones que se presentan
~ George S. Clason
On ne le trouve pas quand on le cherche; il vient à nous quand nous ne l'attendons pas.
~ George Sand
I took my time to arrive, entering the world only after my grandmother Dorothy Walker Bush administered a healthy dose of castor oil to Mother. (It was my first taste of the oil business.)
~ George W. Bush
He was aware] of the value of the word of praise dropped at exactly the right moment; and he would have thought himself extremely stupid to withhold what cost him so little and was productive of such desirable results.
~ Georgette Heyer
Does it occur to *you*, Miss Lanyon, that although i have twice been on the verge of it, I have not yet offered for you? Being now safe from interruption, will you do me the honour, ma'am -' 'Good! You haven't gone to bed yet,' said Aubrey, suddenly re-entering the room. 'I have had a most excellent notion!' 'This,' said Damerel wrathfully, 'is the second time you have walked in just as I am about to propose to your sister!
~ Georgette Heyer
'All-Star Wonder Woman' would get worked on in what is laughably referred to as my 'spare time.' I just ended up with less and less time to devote to it. Eventually, we all realized that it was taking forever, so we just all agreed to hold off on it 'til the time was right to do it properly. Well, I still have a contract; DC never tore it up.
~ Adam Hughes
I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working.
~ Peter Sellers
Personally, I've learned about perseverance: when you hear the word 'No,' and when you hear rejection, that it's not always final. And that timing is everything, and you have to stay the course and just keep working hard and know that, when your time comes, that it will be sweet and that it will be the perfect time.
~ Angela Robinson
I am working hard and I will get married when I feel like it.
~ Shehnaaz Gill
I think the best time to approach a woman is actually after her workout. When you're working out, you're playing your jam, you're in the groove, and you don't want to be interrupted. So guys, wait until she's done getting her sweat on.
~ Nikki Bella
Women always ask me how to get back in shape after having a baby. I always say, 'Know when's the right time for your workout and commit to doing it.'
~ Kourtney Kardashian
We were always reminded by our teachers that careers take off at different times. They held up Arthur Lowe as a great example of an actor who works for years and then suddenly he gets a part and everybody knows him.
~ Adrian Dunbar
It is about meeting the right people at the right time that makes you go where you do. And I know that in our industry, everyone works hard but not everyone gets recognition.
~ Daisy Shah
When I say, 'I can't stay long, I'm in-between meals,' that plays differently on the radio than it does in person. So I have to pick material that works because the words are funny, not just because of the images.
~ Louie Anderson
It's funny that as soon as I retired from international football, Italy won the World Cup.
~ Paolo Maldini
The toughest part of my career was at the 2011 World Cup and 2012 Olympics and wanting so much to play and physically contribute - but having to understand and realize that it's just not my time.
~ Becky Sauerbrunn
The World Cup ball is very fast, and you need to think very quickly, when to punch and when to catch.
~ Hugo Lloris
Movies are great fun and wonderful when they're good. But you never get to see them till six months after they're finished. So you never get a sense of whether they're really well liked or how good they are. And you don't really know what the finished product is going to be like, because it's a director's medium.
~ Lauren Bacall