Quotes About Timing

At 32, I kind of thought I was past the point where I was gonna get a break that really changed my life overnight.

If you play it straight it's funny - the best comedy is always played straight down the middle. The adjustment is understanding from the screenplay that a moment is hilarious.

Puzzelstukken uit diverse periodes, die onverwacht en onverhoopt opeens in elkaar schuiven. Zo moet het zijn om jazz te spelen. Uit de brij valt plots dat ene verscheurende akkoord, zonder repetitie en toch volmaakt getimed. Getoonzet door een genadig toeval. In dank aanvaard door de geduldige muzikant.

Better to have the right person at the wrong time than to never had met them at all.

Become the person God commands you to be, and let Him handle the timing.

You are ready to date and marry when you are becoming the person that your ideal mate is praying about meeting.

The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body can handle it, not after 40, when the income can handle it.

One wants to move through life with elegance and grace, blossoming infrequently but with exquisite taste, and perfect timing, like a rare bloom, a zebra orchid... One wants... But one so seldom gets what one wants, does one?

You saved us in the nick of time." "Have I saved you?" asked the Hemulen in surprise. "I didn't mean to. I was looking for the caterpillars that were making such a noise down there." (Hemulens are generally a bit slow in grasping an idea, but they are very pleasant if you don't annoy them.)

I try not to tune in to politics until it's two or three months before the election. Till then, it's like watching preseason football.

Hell is truth seen too lateduty neglected in its season.

His fingers tightened mercilessly on Undauntable's arm, cutting off the circulation so Undauntable's hand felt numb. "An old woman," Undauntable blurted. "I met her once in the market a long time ago. She had a small bag full of the scales, so I bought them all, because I didn't want anyone else to have them. I've just been adding them to my jewels one a time for — for effect because you said st-style was partly about t-timing and —

Had she come too late?

It's like a battle tryin' to find the right words to say at the right time.

To make our meetings more effective, we need to have multiple types of meetings, and clearly distinguish between the various purposes, formats, and timing of those meetings.

give the situation an opportunity to work itself out before reacting. Many times these situations resolve themselves or aren't quite as urgent as he perceives, but before you know it, he's heightened the intensity with a flurry of messages.

The words 'Very finely played, sir, I believe' were formed in his gullet if not in his mouth when he caught the cold and indeed inimical look and heard the whisper, 'If you really must beat the measure, sir, let me entreat you to do so in time, and not half a beat ahead.

The brilliant escape, the funny line to cap it, despite the lack of timing. And the girl was still dead. The last act had not materialised. The world, and himself, remained so far from what they should be: so imperfect.

I hit every red light for fifty blocks heading east toward Coconut Grove. They're timed that way by our traffic planners, who might be getting kickbacks from the oil and tire companies.

When are you getting married?' 'After graduation, stupid.

We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin; the second is knowing when to stop.

Life is always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

Even stopped clocks are right twice a day.

A warrior of the light never picks fruit before it is ripe.