Quotes About Time

Remember me," whispers the dust.

whichever's the sooner. Okay?

Oscar Wilde es mi héroe en lo referente al tiempo. Él siempre era impuntual. Una vez, cuando llegó excepcionalmente tarde a una cena, la anfitriona señaló enfadada el reloj de la pared y dijo: «Señor Wilde, ¿es consciente de la hora que es?». Y él contestó: «Querida señora, le ruego que me diga cómo puede saber esa dichosa maquinita qué está haciendo el gran sol dorado».

Life must be lived forward, but it can only be understood backwards.

He hated being late, always felt it was a sign of rudeness, as if you were making the statement, my time's more important than yours, so I can keep you waiting . . .

A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.

Los pactos son promesas, y el Dios verdadero se manifiesta, o se nombra, mediante su capacidad de cumplir sus promesas. Toda la cuestión del nombre de Dios, como opuesto a cualquier otra fuerza espiritual, es lo que prácticamente forja el guión de la Biblia. Dado que las promesas tienen que ver con el futuro, la Biblia es escatológica por obligación. De esta manera, la Biblia aborda el tiempo de un modo que nos permite vivir con esperanza, fe y amor en medio de la historia.

T]he song of the Sufis, once it starts, never ends. There is a traditional saying that you should never waste your time trying to find real Sufis because they are the ones who will find you. And this turned out to be perfectly true.

God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.

So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.

So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”