Quotes About Time

The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose plant it this afternoon'

It has been said, "Time heals all wounds." I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue, and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.

The desert was always there, a patient white animal, waiting for men to die, for civilizations to flicker and pass into the darkness.

Nella chiara mattina domenicale camminavo lungo Olive Street. La città sembrava deserta, la strada era tranquilla. Mi fermai ad ascoltare. Sentivo qualcosa. Era il suono della felicità. Era il mio cuore che batteva dolcemente, ritmicamente. Un orologio, ecco cosa era, un piccolo congegno della felicità.

I was twenty then. What the hell, I used to say, take your time, Bandini. You got ten years to write a book, so take it easy, get out and learn about life, walk the streets. That's your trouble: your ignorance of life.

Please God, please Knut Hamsun, don't desert me now. I started to write and I wrote: The time has come," the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and kings —

In geopolitics, as in biology, expiration dates are never visible.

You don't often see Bobby Kelleher completely flustered, but he was that time.

Sometimes, he thought wryly, a reputation for being right all the time could be a heavy burden.

How can you sleep at a time like this?" she asked, but the only answer was a low snore. She looked at him suspiciously. In the short time she had been with him, she had never before heard him snore. "You're faking," she said. "No. I'm really fast asleep," came his voice from under the cowl.

Sometimes, he thought, all you could do was wait.

Problems postponed have a habit of solving themselves

How long will you be gone?

Just time for a mug of coffee in the meanwhile." Crowley was already beginning to work on a third arrow. "Good idea," he said. Then he frowned as a thought struck him. "Have you noticed that Leander puts milk in his coffee?" Halt grunted. "The man's a savage." Crowley raised an eyebrow. "This from the man who laces his coffee with honey?" "Honey is natural," Halt told him. "Milk is little short of an abomination.

IT'S BEEN EIGHTEEN MONTHS SINCE ALYSS'S DEATH

He imagined many years must have passed since a jongleur had chosen to pinch that ample backside.

Problems postponed have a habit of solving themselves, more often than not

De ouderen mochten graag zeggen dat er tijdens het wachtlopen weinig te doen was en dat de jongere zeelieden heel goed waren in weinig doen.

He gestured stiffly at the target. "Just get on with your shooting." She shook her head in mock disbelief. "Boy, you must have been so dumb." "Any time you're ready to shoot will be fine.

Most of our time is spent waiting. A Ranger's best asset is patience.

With most rulers, he knew, the words 'whenever it is convenient for you' meant 'right now, and five minutes ago if you can make it'.

Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan,Sorrow calls no time that's gone;Violets plucked, the sweetest rainMakes not fresh nor grow again.

Wisdom sails with wind and time.

Patience is the best medicine.