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Time Quotes


"The two designs are completely different. The first is totally futuristic, the second is more classical. You can of course get very excited about doing something completely out of the ordinary, just like the Olympic stadium in its time. But each to his or her own taste."


"There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment."



"Shakespeare tells the same stories over and over in so many guises that it takes a long time before you notice."



"It's hard to blame someone because they simply don't have time."


"Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time."


"The fact is that we like each other very much, and we of course see each other on stage all the time, but this means more time to spend together, and that's great. We couldn't be happier."


"I thank the Almighty for the most wonderful 18 years. Far, far, too short a time."


"We all went to Kelsey's wedding, and yeah, we go to parties. We also go to each other's house. A group of us got together over at Kelsey's and just read through some plays just for the fun of it. That may not be everyone's idea of a good time, but we had a good time."


"I didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country."


"I was one of the first veejays to take the camera out on location, and that's what was unique about MTV at that time."


"Being on the move all the time is draining, but the rewards make up for it."


"The more everybody knows about all aspects of the problems we face, the better off all of us will be. Less time spent explaining things means more time for coming up with creative solutions."


"My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn."


"The time has come for justice at the ballot box, and justice in the courts, and justice in the legislative halls, and justice in the governor's office."



"Dean had just come from seeing his lawyer. That was the first time that I found out that he had consulted a lawyer. He wanted to tell me what he thought was going on, but he was writing it down as if my house was bugged. He acted like everything was bugged."


"You shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he's too rich to kill."


"Because I'm such a creative person, and I've always got my nose in a book, I suppose it was only a matter of time before non-fiction turned into fiction again. But I never consciously set out to become a writer and I never thought I'd be doing the things I'm doing today."



"Also, if you're in a TV show that does turn out to be very successful, you then can do whatever you want to do in theater for a very long time."


"The mass media in the days of newspapers and television it's hard to be able to find a story that's about just what you're interested in at the time you're interested in it."


"I think sometimes people project things on you, but I'm trying to handle everything that's happened to me with a certain amount of grace, dignity and good manners. You just can't necessarily win all the time."



"But whether, for example, a coat can be exchanged for twenty yards of linen cloth or for forty yards is not a matter of chance, but depends upon objective conditions, upon the amount of socially necessary labor time contained in the coat and in the linen respectively."



"Well, I've got two small children and this is a very important time for me to be around them."


"You wouldn't think it would but my parents were really balanced about that. When it came time for me to be out of the house and out on my own they were very supportive."


"We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order."


"Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less."


"The Super Bowl isn't for kids, I had a great time though and it was worth every nickel of it because by doing this lame piece about the game I can put it on my expense account."



"None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is time to act."


"I saw Krishnamurti speak one time. And I thought, I'm not going to live here."


"There was a time - and I used to get made fun of a lot - that all I collected was soundtracks."



"Often times people complain about the lack of time in television, but I have to say, you don't have any more time to film in feature films then you do in television. It's just a question of how many scenes you'll be doing in the course of a day."



"Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time."


"If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero."



"Yes, I know and then in the same time period within those nine years I lost 150 pounds."



"Today, the US spends less on defense as a percentage of our economy than we did at any time since he Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For the world's only superpower, that is an invitation to very serious trouble."
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