Quotes About Timing

I think it's strange to change the turf three days before a match.

The timing was terrible, and having one disaster after another didn't help. I think the pictures on television of the way in which the disaster was handled also helped to turn off the public and Congress.

If you say something in advance - if you describe a problem as it arises, people always turn on you because they don't want to hear about it. But when it's too late to do anything, they will then turn around and say that you were right. That's human nature.

It seems like, to me, somewhere between 30 and 35 is a really, really good time to turn your eggs into babies.

I'd love to act more. I've had to turn down multiple movies because I was on tour, but it's encouraging to know that someday there might be the right role, the right timing. And I've been writing a lot of music, so hopefully very soon I'll have recorded a project of my own. I also want to get a boat and open a restaurant.

I kept turning down roles because I knew I just wasn't ready for them.

I'll start searching for that ideal partner when I turn 40. That will be a turning point in my life.

Think about the deflections. The offense can't score every play. They're just trying to get a good shot. If I can deflect a pass, even if it doesn't cause a turnover, it will throw their timing off half-a-second. That half-a-second might mess up their shot.

Market timing doesn't work. If all the bubbles and all this mispricing really exist, how come so few people see it before it turns out that way?

It turns out I share a birthday with Jose Mourinho. He is exactly 10 years older than me.

I actually think I'm more of a turtle than Verne is. Where Verne is up on two legs and moving at full speed and doesn't pull his head into the shell very often, I in reality was five or ten minutes later to every recording session.

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear to me that I was a very poor writer and could've ruined my career before it even started.

Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late.

The Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I was lucky enough to go twice, but most people only get one chance. And in judo you can train your whole life and it'll come down to a split second: You can lose everything or win anything.

Comedy is surprise. Comedy is not something that you can, necessarily, do twice.

Flatulence peaks twice a day... five hours after lunch and five hours after dinner.

If it's attention you want, don't get involved with a man during play-off season.

Life is long. Just because you don't get your chance right when you want or expect it doesn't mean it won't come. Fate doesn't punch a time clock or consult a schedule.

When I'm single, I don't focus. I focus on a guy if he's a boyfriend, but I don't focus on finding a boyfriend. They're never around when you want them.

I watch the ball fiercely to see its height and speed off my opponent's racket so I can decide how I want to hit it.

I've argued with the senators and congressmen I've talked to. You don't want to be too little too late. If you buy them at the right price, you may be buying two trillion of face value.

Lovers never want to say "I love you" at the same moment. Hence all the love stories.

You could have told me earlier." "You seemed so serious about the game. I didn't want to bother you.

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.