Quotes About Time

It's the distortion, the violation of what we think of as the rules of reality—of society, of nature, of humanity, of physics, of space and time—that engenders horror.

Freeh knew the estrangement undermined the FBI. "The lost resources and lost time alone were monumental," he wrote. "So much that should have been straightforward became problematic in the extreme." But he felt compelled to keep a distance from the president. It deepened as the years went by. It became a danger to the United States.

Let the morrow bring on what it would, he thought, for it didn't exist. Only now could lay any claim to forever...

It's how I fill the time when nothing's happening. Thinking too much, flirting with melancholy.

the past is in us, and not behind us. Things are never over.

And you can't help but worry for them, love them, want for them - those who go on down the close, foetid galleries of time and space without you.

Keep the day ahead of you, that's what the old man used to say.

When we said we were going to do something "directly," which is pronounced "dreckly," we meant that we were going to get to it sooner or later, one of these days, maybe never, and please don't ask again.

the WRIMTMS (weather, radios, instruments, minimums, time, missed approach procedure, and stuff) pre-landing briefing begins with weather. It's just that important.

The third and final point is to anticipate an EFC time from air traffic control all the time. If the controller does not issue an EFC to you, request one as soon as possible. You may need that time should your communications radio fail after receiving your clearance. The expect-further-clearance time sets the occasion for the next steps to take should a radio failure occur.

e.g., "Hold east of the Tiverton VOR, as published, expect further clearance at 1415 Zulu, time now 1345 Zulu.").

waiting on line

THE FIVE HUNDRED or so homes atop Acoma are still heated by wood, with mounded clay ovens outside that look like big beehives. The old timbered ladders, baked white by the sun, still rise to the top terraces, and there are deep footpaths along the tabletop of the rock. It is not a museum, but a living town, somewhat iced in time. The wind dominates all other sounds.

Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.

By working only when you are most effective, life is both more productive and more enjoyable. It's the perfect example of having your cake and eating it, too.

It is predicated on the assumption that you dislike what you are doing during the most physically capable years of your life. This is a nonstarter—nothing can justify that sacrifice.

Simon received the Nobel Prize in 1978 for his contribution to organizational decision making: It is impossible to have perfect and complete information at any given time to make a decision.

I will take as a given that, for most people, somewhere between six and seven billion of them, the perfect job is the one that takes the least time.

The end product of the shorter deadline is almost inevitably of equal or higher quality due to greater focus.

people, even good people, will unknowingly abuse your time to the extent that you let them. Set good rules for all involved to minimize back-and-forth and meaningless communication.

Don't save it all for the end. There is every reason not to.

Most information is time-consuming, negative, irrelevant to your goals, and outside of your influence. I challenge you to look at whatever you read or watched today and tell me that it wasn't at least two of the four. I read the front-page headlines through

How is it possible that all the people in the world need exactly 8 hours to accomplish their work? It isn't. 9–5 is arbitrary.

By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. —ROBERT FROST, American poet and winner of four Pulitzer Prizes