Subject: Time (Page 4)

People are still willing to do an honest day's work; the trouble is they want a week's pay for it.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

How long a minute is, depends on what side of the bathroom door you are on.

Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people once a year.

(1909 – 2000) Danish-born comedian & pianist

I think we agree, the past is over.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Historian: An editor of yesterday’s news.

You make the beds, you wash the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Dawn: 1. The time when men of reason go to bed. 2. When the sun first shines on your hangover.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.

There aren't enough days in the weekend.


There was three minutes to go about two minutes ago.

English football player & manager

A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.

Everything takes more time and money.

There are worse things than getting a call for the wrong number at 4 a.m… it could be the right number.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

When I was born, I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)

I went to a restaurant that serves “breakfast at any time,” so I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Parsifal is the kind of opera that starts at six o'clock; after it has been going three hours, you look at your watch and it says 6:20.

American choral conductor, director, teacher & radio host

I've been on a calendar, but never on time.

(1926 – 1962) actress, sex symbol

The amount of work done varies inversely with the amount of time spent in the office.

Tradition is the illusion of permanence.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.

(1899 – 1974) French screenwriter, teacher & journalist