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Quotes About Time

Who was I? The stranger was footsteps in the snow a long time ago.
~ William S. Burroughs
And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye, Says very wisely, "It is ten o'clock: Thus we may see," quoth he, "how the world wags."
~ William Shakespeare
Four days will quickly steep themselves in nights; Four nights will quickly dream away the time; And then the moon, like to a silver bow new bent in heaven, shall behold the night of our solemnities.
~ William Shakespeare
Let's take the instant by the forward top; For we are old, and on our quick'st decrees The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time Steals ere we can effect them.
~ William Shakespeare
The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long.
~ William Shakespeare
Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. I'll tell you who Time ambles withal, who Time trots withal, who Time gallops withal, and who he stands still withal.
~ William Shakespeare
For the next inn he spurs amain, In haste alights, and skuds away, But time and tide for no man stay.
~ William Somervile
Music, the most abstract and uncanny art, is an eternal river of sound moving through time. We can free ourselves from whatever may be holding us back, and join that flowing river.
~ William Westney
On a fair prospect some have looked, And felt, as I have heard them say, As if the moving time had been A thing as steadfast as the scene On which they gazed themselves away.
~ William Wordsworth
That kill the bloom before its time, And blanch, without the owner's crime, The most resplendent hair.
~ William Wordsworth
I mean, time for me, I can make it go slow or fast, however I please. That's how I know it doesn't exist.
~ Willow Smith
Oh, time betrays us. Time is the great enemy.
~ Winifred Holtby
There is something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.
~ Winston Churchill
I am so honored to be named as one of Time's 100 most influential people.
~ Yani Tseng
If you don't have time to invest in a goals program is it possible that you don't have time because you don't have a goals program?
~ Zig Ziglar
I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music.
~ Ziggy Marley
I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.
~ Zoe Lister-Jones
So Janie waited a bloom time, and a green time and an orange time.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
I am talking to you, but the moment I am talking to you, the universe is being created and destroyed.
~ Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Can't bring back time. Like holding water in your hand.
~ James Joyce, Ulysses
The future is a split second away.
~ Ana Monnar
I like dark humor. My favorite movie of all time is 'Harold and Maude.'
~ Leslie Mann
I always try to give my own albums space in between so I have time to create a new sound and give time for people to miss me. You have to come out fresh and reinvent yourself.
~ Akon
Financial support is one thing, but I always think what becomes really sacrificial is your time.
~ Cliff Richard