Quotes About Timing

Going in the wrong direction but making really good time

If it comes back, I think that Friday night is not a good night to be on.

I'm not very good on timing. In fact, I've stayed away from it.

Economists are very good at saying that something cannot go on forever, but not so good at saying when it will stop.

It's all about one split-second. Boxing is a funny thing…you blink your eyes and somebody says 'Goodnight' to you.

All broken hearts are circumstantial. Every lovelorn jerk is the victim of bad timing, good intentions, and someone else's poor decision making.

I have joked before that there is a good chance that I might retire before Tendulkar.

My approach to parenting is that everything is open - everything. I'm not very good at covert, or subtle, and I've had to learn timing. I do blunder in a bit.

There will be no new music until it's good enough and until I'm ready.

Very good laws may be ill timed.

What is luck? It is not only chance, it is also creating the opportunity, recognizing it when it is there, and taking it when it comes.

Last thing you want to do with a good movie is hold the audience hostage. As an entertainer myself, I just know it's better when you leave 'em wanting more than to stick around too long.

People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies.

A bloody good thing, but too late.

To do the right thing at the right season is a great art.

It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.

Great moments are born great opportunity.

Sometimes, when something really great happens to me, I like to wait two weeks before I tell anyone about it, because I like to use the word 'fortnight'.

The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.

The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rather than on top of the jokes.

The great art of writing is knowing when to stop.

Like great art, something essential dies when great jokes are explained. So what's the key to telling a good joke/creating great art timing.

Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.

Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late. It can give no pleasure, yet it deprives you of that most precious of rights - the right to swear and curse at your fate!