Subject: Time (Page 2)

If you’re early, it’ll be cancelled. If you knock yourself out to be on time, you will have to wait. If you’re late, you will be too late.

When I was at school I was great at history… oh wait, no I wasn't.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account.

If you wait, it will go away.

Fish and visitors smell in three days.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.

(1923 – ) German-born diplomat & scholar

The sooner you fall behind, the more time you will have to catch up.

Retirement: The time of life when you stop lying about your age and start lying about the house.

Good Old Days: What people fifty years hence will be calling the present time.

I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time.

freelance writer

1. Important mail arrives late. 2. Junk mail arrives the day it was sent.

On his 916th game as coach at University of Alabama – I've been here so long that when I got here the Dead Sea wasn't even sick.

American basketball coach

Warning: Dates in calendar are closer than they appear.

One good thing about punctuality is that it’s a sure way to help you enjoy a few minutes of privacy.

(1917 – 1995) Canadian-American chemist & author

Nothing puzzles me more than time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less, as I never think about them.

(1775 – 1834) English critic & essayist

I couldn’t care less about all those fiction stories about what happened in the year 1500 or 1600. Half of them aren’t even true.

professional golfer

This evening is a very different evening from the morning we had this morning.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead.

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don’t want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer