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Quotes About Time

The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can.
~ Lafcadio Hearn
If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
~ Leon Trotsky
Youth is a time when we find the books we give up but do not get over.
~ Lionel Trilling
I had never feared insomnia before--like prison, wouldn't it just give you more time to read?
~ Lorrie Moore
To a fool time brings only age not wisdom.
~ Louis L'Amour
Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.
~ Major Taylor
It is a time for martyrs now, and if I am to be one, it will be for the cause of brotherhood. That's the only thing that can save this country.
~ Malcolm X
How very near us stand the two vast gulfs of time, the past and the future, in which all things disappear.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, o Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which is in due time for thee.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis elui potest.]
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Time has not stood still. It has washed over me, washed me away, as if I'm nothing more than a woman of sand, left by a careless child too near the water.
~ Margaret Atwood
I can't say I don't like acting, but I can't imagine a career when I have to spend 70 percent of my time in a trailer eating Snickers bars.
~ Maria Sharapova
Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred.
~ Marilyn vos Savant
Radical changes of identity, happening suddenly and in very brief intervals of time, have proved more deadly and destructive of human values than wars fought with hardware weapons.
~ Marshall McLuhan
Tennis: the most perfect combination of athleticism, artistry, power, style, and wit. A beautiful game, but one so remorselessly travestied by the passage of time.
~ Martin Amis
If you've got time to waste, you might as well waste it listening to people.
~ Martin McDonagh
Time is purple / Just before night.
~ Mary O'Neill
In college, you learn how to learn. Four years is not too much time to spend at that.
~ Mary Oliver
Being charming takes time and effort, and I am busy.
~ Mason Cooley
God's response to the belittlement of his name, from the beginning of time, has been the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on a Roman cross.
~ Matt Chandler
Farsighted theologians are now working to mine the eternal metal from the teachings of Jesus and to forge it for all time.
~ Max Planck
Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously.
~ Maya Angelou
Men should have more time with their newborn babies.
~ Megyn Kelly
Live more and more in the Present, which is ever beautiful and stretches away beyond the limits of the past and the future.
~ Meher Baba