Quotes About Punctuality

I always say people can call me anything they want as long as they don't call me late for supper.

You can never make someone punctual who is not, or quick who is slow, or lively who wants to plod on carefully. I have learnt that every fault is an exaggerated quality, nothing else.

Ho l'orologio che va avanti di tre ore ma non sono mai riuscito ad aggiustarlo. Così da Los Angeles mi sono trasferito a New York.

Some people are slow to do what they promise; you are slow to promise what you have already done.

The trouble with being punctual is that there's nobody there to see it

I knew I could always work harder and be better and show I'm more prepared. I had a whole science to, like, how you have to arrive 17 minutes early to something. If you're 20 minutes early, that means you're too eager, but 17 minutes gives you time to, like, settle, sign in, use the ladies' room, have some water, and get comfortable.

I get to work at about 7:30 or 8 unless I have a breakfast meeting.

For sure, I've been late. I'm not going to lie about that. I've been late to meetings before.

When I was late for shoots and press meets, my films did well.

Whenever we go to the cinema in Mexico, we have to get taken in two minutes before the film starts. We sit in a little room and wait for everyone else to sit down, or it becomes very difficult. Then, afterwards, there are people outside waiting for me.

Das Gute kommt immer zu spät, immer wird es zu spät fertig, wenn man sich nicht mehr recht darüber freuen kann.

One cannot underestimate the importance of a train being on time. Or leave to chance the space between the plane and the bomb.

The return from the walk, and the arrival of tea, should be exactly coincident, and not later than a quarter past four.

Actually," Joe said, "you're right on time.

Exactly fourteen minutes behind schedule I walked into the law offices of Dewy, Cheatum and Howe.

Didn't anyone ever tell you that you can't spell later without the word late?

Better never than late.

Bugs Bunny - the perfect employee. Never absent. Never late. Never changes the script. Doesn't have an agent. Never asks for a percent of the profit. Doesn't ask to have his relatives on the payroll.

While everyone usually turns up late at Bollywood parties, I always reach these places on time and end up making a fool of myself.

I'm so organised. I never screw up. I've done it maybe twice before. I check my calendar seven times a day.

If you're buying something from Chanel, you want it perfect, and delivered on time.

I don't think anyone wants a movie on time that's not worth your time.

People feel disrespected when they show up and others don't. The message received is that those who arrive late value their own time more than that of their colleagues.

Time to say thank you and farewell! trills Effie at my elbow. It's one of those moments when I just love her compulsive punctuality. We collect Cinna and Portia, and she escorts us around to say good-bye to important people, then herds us to the door.