Quotes About Time

Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.

Time has always been used against us on a certain level. The invention of the clock made us accountable to the employer, gave us a standard measure and stopwatch management, and it also led to the requirement of interest-bearing currency to grow over time, the requirement of the expansion of our economy.

A standard 'well woman' checkup can last as little as 10 minutes, hardly time for any in-depth discussions.

In fad standard time, a day is a month, and a fad that lasts two months is a classic.

Usually, I concentrate on work for a certain time, and finish when I clear a standard I set myself. But with 'Mononoke,' the production was so drawn out, it took forever to finish to my satisfaction.

If we are indeed nostalgic for the weight of clock time, it is worth remembering that the standardized time that most of us know has only been around since the mid-nineteenth century. It was invented for the railroads.

By Rice's own standards, the war was well underway by the time he took office. He was a war president the moment he took the oath. But did he act like one?

I listen to music all the time, and a lot of the things I cover are the standards of my time, and they work for me.

I have been very busy having so many fights since I turned pro. To have 13 in little more than two years is a lot by modern standards.

There is no standing still because time is moving forward.

When I started my program... there was a big clock in the corner and I looked and it said nine o'clock exactly. And it was funny, because when I was standing on the podium, it said exactly 10 p.m., and this whole hour had changed my life.

My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.

When you're present, be present the best you can. Like I said, we all fail. But I think from a dad standpoint, children want our time. Sometimes it might just be five minutes, and sometimes it can be a lot more, but I think they want our time and to be engaged with them and present.

The NFL stands for 'Not For Long,' so you gotta get it while it lasts.

No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.

[To the man who came up to her at a party and exclaimed effusively, 'Tallulah! I haven't seen you for 41 years!':] I thought I told you to wait in the car.

Most men die at age 25, but aren't buried until 70.

Painting seems an old man's business. After a certain time you're out of it, and you just paint masterpieces.

In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes.

A man walked into the doctor's, The doctor said 'I haven't seen you in a long time' The man replied, 'I know I've been ill'.

One man's antinomy is another man's falsidical paradox, give or take a couple of thousand years.

The years keep coming and going, Men will arise & depart; Only one thing is immortal: The love that is in my heart.

Men regret their life has been ill-spent, but this does not always induce them to make a better use of the time they have yet to live.

You can send a message around the world in one-fifth of a second, yet it may take years for it to get from the outside of a man's head to the inside.