Quotes About Punctuality

I wake up an hour and a half before I have to leave the house to do everything I need to do. But I have my routine, and I stick to it.

I'm always late for things and always feel like I'm rushing.

Being on time is a practice I imbibed from my dad. He would be ready with make-up on at least three hours ahead of schedule.

You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

Parce que moi, je vais toujours aux rendez-vous. De toute ma vie, je n'en ai pas raté un seul. J'aime découvrir la personne qui m'attend ou que j'attends. Sa légère inquiétude qui s'évapore à la seconde où je parais. Pour rien au monde je ne manquerais l'évaporation d'une inquiétude.

I like working with south Indian directors because they are very disciplined. They visualize their entire story and screenplay in their heads even before they start shooting, which I respect. They finish their work on time. Being a disciplinarian myself, this suits my style.

I like to know where I'm going to be at seven o'clock.

I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.

I eat at certain times. I got to leave the house at certain times. I shower at certain times before the game.

I'm out of bed before the alarm goes off.

They always take longer than you think.

If someone says they're going to ring me at 10 o'clock and it's 10 past and they haven't rung, I'm irritated.

An employer of mine back in the '80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It's a basic tell of character.

A gentleman pays his debt within a week or two.

If you grow up in Germantown, Pennsylvania, as I did, 5:30 means 5:30.

People say that I'm always late, but that's a myth.

I get up at 6:17 in the morning. I've timed it perfectly.

It ought to be plain how little you gain by getting excited and vexed. You'll always be late for the previous train, and always on time for the next.

The nearer the minster the later to mass.

My books show me what it's like to live in a reliable country where you flick on a switch and a bulb is guaranteed to shine and remain on, where you know that cars will stop at red lights and those traffic lights will not cease working a couple of times a day. How does it feel when a plumber shows up at the designated time, when he shows up at all? How does it feel to assume that when someone says she'll do something by a certain date, she in fact does it?

I don't have a lot of stomach for people who don't show up to a set knowing their lines because you're keeping 150 people waiting.

I'm so impatient. I can't even stand waiting for a cab, and I'm always early for everything. In training, it means I want to run my personal best every session - but it takes time.

I never, absolutely never, keep people waiting.