Quotes About Time

We should perceive that man's period of historical existence, a period so short that his physical constitution has not been altered in the slightest degree, is insufficient to allow of any considerable mental change.

The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends.

What else does anyone have except for a collection of slightly painful memories?

In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.

I only use Tinder to have horrible conversations with people. I accidentally liked this man on there and he sent me some really horrendous things. I was like, 'I'm gonna be even more horrendous.' I was by myself, having the time of my life. Then I felt slightly sick.

In fact, sometimes when a short film is done well, you wish that it could be slightly longer.

I've learned lately that no one is going to hand me a permission slip and tell me to take time out for me.

I feel, as an adult, I'm very similar to how I was as a pre-teen. Maybe it's a case of arrested development, but I feel like it's easy to slip back into those shoes, and I feel like if we were all magically transported back to our middle school years, we'd all act like we did in middle school.

I am always in a rush because time is slipping away, and I am chasing it, chasing it.

I spend a lot of my time thinking about how to spend my time. Probably too much - I probably obsess over it. My friends think I do. But I feel like I kind of have to, because these days, it feels like little bits of my time kind of slip away from me, and when that happens, it feels like parts of my life are slipping away.

When you put money directly to a problem, it makes a good headline. It makes a good campaign slogan. You get to claim that you've engaged in these activities within an election cycle. But certain investments take longer than an election cycle.

I know it feels like time is infinite, it's the hubris of youth. Your 40s seem a lifetime away but really they aren't, ask me; I've been down that slippery slope.

You have a little more time to make moves when you're in the slot.

You can't slot a time and a space and think 'ok now it's time to sit and compose.' It just doesn't work like that for me.

I'm Italian; I take my time. We're not really fast. We're very slow. I had my first child at 40, my second child at 45, James Bond at 50. I'm so curious as to what's next!

In the sixties, you're still thinking you could do something about this slow disintegration of the body.

For most of human civilization, the pace of innovation has been so slow that a generation might pass before a discovery would influence your life, culture or the conduct of nations.

When you're out there trying to still figure things out, it can just slow things down. So you have to kind of think on your feet, and it makes it kind of fun and exciting and challenging at the same time. But more time is always better for any movie. I think any director would probably tell you that. Any filmmaker, really.

I'm pretty slow at writing papers.

The comics work is very slow, and it basically involves working for sometimes years in isolation and not knowing how the work is going to be received.

I'm quite a slow reader. It can take me quite a while to get though a book.

You slow down when you get older.

I'm getting older. That's realistic. I can't reverse time. I can slow it down a little bit.

I've been working a long time; it was a slow burn. But I'm grateful it's been like that.