Quotes about time
time tea-leaves balls
Methods for predicting the future: 1) read horoscopes, tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls . . . collectively known as "nutty methods;" 2) put well-researched facts into sophisticated computer . . . commonly referred to as "a complete waste of time." Scott Adams
time men lost
Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time. Thomas Jefferson
time fear long
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
time doe succeed
Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old. Robert Herrick
time flower rose
Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a flying: And this same flower that smiles to day, Tomorrow will be dying.
time play games
What is any of this to us? Time is endless and ours. Love and Death are only the games we play in it. Tanith Lee
time pay dues
Posterity will pay everyone their due. Tacitus
time old-things
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
time believe rome
There is an old saying that all roads lead to Rome. It seems the administration so often clearly believes that no matter what the evidence was at any particular time, essentially everything led to Saddam Hussein. Ron Wyden
time water faces
Time is a face on the water. Stephen King
time writing thinking
Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time. Stephanie Zimbalist
time enjoy me-alone
I enjoy my time alone.
time golden showers
Time is the shower of Danae; each drop is golden. Sophie Swetchine
time despair separation
Sin is in itself separation from the good, but despair over sin is separation a second time. Soren Kierkegaard
time genius want
Talent warms-up the given (as they say in cookery) and makes it apparent; genius brings something new. But our time lets talent pass for genius. They want to abolish the genius, deify the genius, and let talent forge ahead.
time thinking mind
I was thinking about how disjointedly time seemed to flow, passing in a blur at times, with single images standing out more clearly than others. And then, at other times, every second was significant, etched in my mind. Stephenie Meyer
time sophisticated mortality
All investigations of Time, however sophisticated or abstract, have at their true base the human fear of mortality. Thomas Pynchon
time glasses turns
That Time could turn up his swift sandy glass, To untell the days. Thomas Heywood
time eye soul
But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Thomas Gray
time rich spoil
Rich with the spoils of time.
time jobs men
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job. Thomas Hardy
time cost pruning
The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning. Thomas B. Macaulay
time adventure emotional
An adventure is never an adventure while it's happening. Challenging experiences need time to ferment, and adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquillity. Tim Cahill
time kindness flower
But though first love's impassioned blindness Has passed away in colder light, I still have thought of you with kindness, And shall do, till our last goodnight. The ever-rolling silent hours Will bring a time we shall not know, When our young days of gathering flowers Will be an hundred years ago. Thomas Love Peacock
time names wealth
Time is lord of thee: Thy wealth, thy glory, and thy name are his.
time night men
Time, the foe of man's dominion, Wheels around in ceaseless flight, Scattering from his hoary pinion Shades of everlasting night.
time pain fall
In time the savage bull sustains the yoke; In time all haggard hawks will stoop to lure; In time small wedges cleave the hardest oak, In time the flint is pierced with softest shower, And she in time will fall from her disdain, And rue the sufferance of your friendly pain. Thomas Kyd
time past lasts
Redeem the misspent time that's past, And live this day as 'twere thy last. Thomas Ken
time men wife
What I do know about physics is that to a man standing on the shore, time passes quicker than to a man on a boat - especially if the man on the boat is with his wife. Woody Allen
time sea heaven
It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea: Listen! the mighty being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thundereverlastingly. William Wordsworth
time yoke
Delivered from the galling yoke of time.
time lying boys
Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon the growing boy.
time past years
The thought of our past years in me doth breed perpetual benedictions.