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Quotes About Urgency

Just the sort of stuff that doesn't seem important to deal with right now when you're busy, until you can't get to your skin because you're seal inside an isolation film and it's the only thing you can think about.
~ Elizabeth Bear
When Morrow called Closs, it was a cause for concern. When she called him at home and didn't waste time on pleasantries, it was nearly a cause to panic.
~ Elizabeth Bear
Except there was no time for recriminations now, was there? Not with Will's life and Elizabeth's crown on the line.
~ Elizabeth Bear
He is invariably in a hurry. Being in a hurry is one of the tributes he pays to life.
~ Elizabeth Bibesco
Because I love you, and we don't have much time.
~ Elizabeth Strout
Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
God seems to have left the receiver off the hook and time is running out.
~ Arthur Koestler
The word "now" is like a bomb through the window, and it ticks.
~ Arthur Miller
El imperativo urgente del momento era huir, al menos por un tiempo, al sueño y al olvido.
~ Arthur Schnitzler
Las prisas solían matar
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.
~ Ashleigh Brilliant
Time flies and so do bullets.
~ Athena Athena
how we seek to spend our time may depend on how much time we perceive ourselves to have.
~ Atul Gawande
The hardest work in the world is that which should have been done yesterday.
~ Author Unknown
He said there is 80 of us, ready to come down and the next thing I knew is that Jo Brown dashed in and said your family has already moved and you have to move, the boat is ready to take you out. I didn't have time to ask, even ask a question.
~ Kamisese Mara
When I realise that I don't have a lot of time left to do what I'm meant to do in terms of buying things, that's when things begin to feel Christmassy for me - when I realise that time is against me, and I've got to act; otherwise, I'll look ridiculous.
~ Matt Berry
You gotta play every game like your last.
~ Jalen Brunson
Changing the ways of governments usually doesn't happen quickly, but time is a luxury the world no longer enjoys.
~ Frans van Houten
The great thing about baseball is there's a crisis every day.
~ Gabe Paul
As soon as something really bad happens, I guarantee you Congress will act. I absolutely guarantee you Congress will act. But the question is, should we wait for that?
~ Tim Kaine
Y)ou didn't want somebody running around smiling and saying, 'We'll get by,' when the house was on fire; you wanted somebody to yell 'fire!
~ Gary Paulsen
Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Professor Henry Higgins: Oh, Pickering, for God's sake stop being dashed and do something!
~ George Bernard Shaw
I shall be glad of a cup of coffee as soon as possible.
~ George Eliot