Quotes About Timing

I recognize that I had a good deal of good luck in my life. I came along at a time when it was pretty easy to get a job in journalism. I went to work at CBS News when I was about 22, and within a year or so was reporting on the air.

There is no 'master plan' on the road to the Nobel Prize. It represents a lot of hard work, a passion for that work and... being in the right place at the right time. For me, that place was Caltech.

I am not in a hurry to do Hindi films. If it is destined, when it has to happen, it will.

The ideal time to take over a club is always in the summer, but I'd certainly rather take over with four games having gone than 10, 14, 20 played.

Everyone knows the more you chase something the faster it runs and the more you ignore something the faster it comes.

Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.

So much of improv can be really long, and that's kind of what makes it funny.

A person improvising is sometimes very fortunate that just at that second things coincide.

It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.

Even during 'Udta Punjab,' I didn't say much until the film was out. I feel it's incorrect to talk about a film until everything falls into place.

For five years I worked independently waiting for the right opportunity to present itself.

Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.

Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. This can't be done, except by liars.

I made my money by selling too soon.

A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.

You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.

He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news.

I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.

I'd like ta kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.

I'd like to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.

Sometimes they are a matter of luck the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience, waiting for an effect to be repeated that he has seen and lost or for one that he anticipates.

A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station.

I'm reminded of the famous attorney who was asked if luck played any part in success at trial and he said yes, and it usually comes at three in the morning when I'm in the library doing research.

In other words, to get the most out of your time and money, timing matters. So to increase your overall lifetime fulfillment, it's important to have each experience at the right age.