Quotes About Time

Each moment is already an eternity- the Titan Barbarossa, born Vilhelm Jayther

My old friend, I am not like the seasons. I cannot go on forever. It has to finish sometime. -Abbot Mortimer=

Some memories are presents that I'm unable to unwrap over and over.

Sooner or later, every last echo fades. Even the loudest thunder in the deepest valley.

Because death is fucking predictable... but life has science experiments and free time and surprise naps and who knows what comes next?

Most of the time, we don't even realize we've live through something worth commemorating until long after it's already ended.

I hated being twelve. Back in '65, I just wanted to grow up fast so everything would finally be good, you know? But truth is, life was actually way better back then. Turns out, the older you get... the more everything just turns to shit.

It would be a very long time before we saw any of our original pursuers again. At least, it seemed kinda long. But nothing warps time quite like childhood. I remember visits to faraway worlds that lasted only a few days but felt like entire lifetimes. And then there were the endless journeys between destinations that somehow went by in the blink of an eye. You know how it goes.

It was a time of war. Isn't it always.

Some general advice about writing: WRITE MORE, DO OTHER STUFF LESS.

Yeah, well, the future is never fair. Just inevitable.

Thanks, but I don't need the Afterschool Special talk. Sounds like I've got, what, three or four years left? That's a fuckin' eternity.

You see, when you get to be my age, you start to realize that life isn't defined by years, jobs, or decisions—it's defined by moments.

I asked her if he missed my poppa. She said she did. But God had always made it so that women outlived men. That way women could have time to be by themselves-a time to be in the world without a reason bein' placed upon it. That women had so many faces: a face for their husband, a face for their children, a face for strangers; only when they were alone could they find that face that suited just them. And if the woman happened to die before the man, that time alone would show him her worth.

Everything will be clear to you in time. But you must have a chance to digest the knowledge that we have given to you already.

Don't push the river. It will travel at its own speed anyway.

They would remain ready to use for no more than six

Nobody works better under pressure. They just work faster.

The law of Forced Efficiency says that There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.

Rule: It is the quality of time at work that counts and the quantity of time at home that matters.

Say no to anything that is not a high-value use of your time and your life.

The Law of Forced Efficiency says, "There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important things.

The more you discipline yourself to use your time well, the happier you will feel and the better will be the quality of your life in every area.

The more we spend time in defining things, the more unconscious we are of the present moment. This moment is the source of our present happiness and also the origin of the future we can create.