"I gave up shame a long time ago."

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"The future is what matters - because one never reaches it, but always stays in the present - like the White Queen who had to run like the wind to remain in the same spot."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Time, Future, Present, Philosophy

"Time takes it all whether you want it to or not, time takes it all. Time bares it away, and in the end there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometimes we lose them there again."

Stephen King, American Author

Time, Regret, Today, Future

"Time rises and rises, and when it reaches the level of your eyes you drown."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Time, Life, Existence, Flow

"Time heals all wounds."

Stephen King, American Author

Time, Truth, Life, Wisdom, Future

"There are those of us who learn to live completely in the moment. For such people the Past vanishes and the future loses meaning. There is only the Present, which means that two of the three Aalim are surplus to requirements. And then there are those of us who are trapped in yesterdays, in the memory of a lost love, or a childhood home, or a dreadful crime. And some people live only for a better tomorrow; for them the past ceases to exist."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

Time, Past, Present, Future

"The obscurest epoch is today."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

Time, Today

"Twelve minutes. I can give you that."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Time, Truth, Happiness, Power, Inspirational

"We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words 'Too Late'."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Time, Procrastination, Today, Fact

"We went to the New York World's Fair, saw what the past had been like, according to the Ford Motor Car Company and Walt Disney, saw what the future would be like, according to General Motors. And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Time, Past, Future, Present, Reflection

"Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Time, Nothing, Wrong, Years

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"I'd sleep under a Vermeer."

Sleep

"I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to 4 every day, it's fun, and you get to live at home."

Home

"It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows."

Time

"I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't."

People

"I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20."

Time

"If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too."

Kids

"Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective."

Awards

"If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all the ducks are in a row is the hard part. It's very rare."

Work

"I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest."

Earth

"Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug."

Time