Quotes About Time

Joe's Sal was obsessive about housework. Vera thought she should find something better to do with her time.

He thought a lot about the old days. The memories clouded his thoughts and confused him.

Democrats always assure us that deterrence will work, but when the time comes to deter, they're against it.

Ten long trips around the sun since I last saw that smile, but only joy and thankfulness that on a tiny world in the vastness, for a couple of moments in the immensity of time, we were one.

I'm just at the age when time speeds up in an odd way. Do you know what I mean? The winters come closer together and you learn to accept that you're not special anymore.

In Africa, listening is a guiding principle. It's a principle that's been lost in the constant chatter of the Western world, where no one seems to have the time or even the desire to listen to anyone else.

Jerusalem is not the oldest city in the Western world, but its long and confused past takes us back to pre-Old Testament times.

But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by Howard Hawks, who's one of my great heroes. One of the greatest directors there ever was. He directed probably one of the greatest westerns of all time in 'Rio Bravo'.

When I was growing up in the '60s I would have thought that westerns would last forever.

From Lady Carlisle's trip to Moscow in 1663 to Veronica Atkinson's tour of duty during the 1989 Romanian revolution, it is clear that very little has changed. Four hundred years of innovation, liberation, and improvement clearly bypassed the Foreign Office while making its rounds through Westminster.

When the Egyptians were building the pyramids or the Romans were building roads, or you had the westward push with the railroads, I don't think that the guys on the ground were spending a lot of time thinking, 'Hey, hundreds or thousands of years from now they will look back at the brick I have just laid down here and say that I changed the world!'

It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store.

'The Squid and the Whale' I shot in 23 days. I would have loved more time for it at the time, but in some ways that kind of kamikaze way of shooting was right for that movie.

I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present.

What if these events the Bible says will happen, happens in our lifetime?

The one thing humans can't control is time, but what if one has the power to do so is the core theme of '24.'

Some people are a little intimidated by the pool; What lane do I use? What if Im too slow? What if I dont have the time to shower?

I always say I enjoyed my time at Spurs and I improved as a player so I don't look back and think 'what if?'

I'd tell myself to not feel pressure about time, that every moment you invest on watching, exploring, studying and enjoying what you love to do, that all becomes part of becoming what you want to be.

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It's the only space.

I feel like God gives you what you deserve. Whatever that time is, you get what you deserve.

Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.

I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?