Quotes About Timing

In this sport luck and tragedy are only a few hundredths of seconds apart from each other.

The terrible tragedy for every director is to watch an actor do what you want and not have the camera rolling - and never get it back again. So I always try to roll the camera before anybody's really ready.

If your timing is not correct then comedy will become tragedy.

The 'Beacon Street' record was kind of like a b-side to 'Tragic Kingdom,' but it came out before 'Tragic Kingdom,' so it's a weird situation.

We played it as long as we could play it on that CD and I think it might be 50 minutes, maybe. What you have to do is play a couple of songs and then get off the stage because everything that trails it sounds stupid.

Football is like hunting. One second can change it all, but it's not just any second, it's a flash. The prey is there and suddenly then it's not. In an instant it's over - you won't have the chance again. You need to know which one precise second to train for, and to understand that moment.

I was running to catch a train when one of my teachers saw me. He thought I was fast, time me, and later gave me my first instructions in sprinting. I happened to be at the right place at the right time.

There's no trajectory to follow. Even if you were to say, 'OK, I'm going to model my ascent based on this other person's,' luck and timing play such a big part that it's really futile.

I started 'Will & Grace' when I was 39, and Nick started 'Parks and Rec' when he was 39. And he's really on the same trajectory; it's all happening with the same timing. It's so funny to see it all happening again.

Trying to change before you're ready isn't likely to be productive. For example, most New Year's resolutions don't last because people spring into action without being prepared for the work it's going to take. Forcing change based on a date on the calendar, rather than a true readiness to transform, can be a setup for failure.

MIDI made a natural transition to the PC. The MIDI messages that make up a musical composition can be saved as MIDI files, which are collections of MIDI messages with timing information.

With Soapkills, we were lucky. We started at a time of transition where things were not ready, nothing was available.

One must learn a different... sense of time, one that depends more on small amounts than big ones.

It's going to be okay, child. You're going to make it. God does everything for a reason, leaves nothing to chance, does it all, plans it all, all with purpose, all with meaning, all with love, all with care, all with . . . " The old man hesitated a moment and his smile broadened. "And if there's one thing I've learned in my 93 years on this little clump of dirt, God does it with wonderful style and timing. In His way and in His time.

I love Benny Hill. He one of my favourites of aaall time. Like, the way Benny did it, he was just amazing. Just seeing how he put songs together and comedy and the timing and the sketches. He was way ahead of his time.

Who can be still while the muddy water settles? Who can remain still until the time comes for action?

No. Don't never go looking for love girl. Just wait. It'll come. Like the rain fallin' from the heaven, it'll come. Just don't never give up on love.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.

Luck's a revolving door, you just need to know when it's your time to walk through.

He felt that it was a mistake to look for signs and portents instead of waiting until they were revealed to him in their own good time.

ya desde el principio se cumple la ley de su vida: recibirlo todo del destino demasiado pronto, y sin la alegría de ser consciente de ello.

Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.

Truth out of season was sourer than strawberries at Christmas time.