Subject: Time (Page 5)

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

Time is an illusion; lunchtime doubly so.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

In the year 3000, everything will be instant… but the DMV will still take, like, nine f**king seconds.

(1972 – ) stand-up comedian & actor

I went to a meeting for premature ejaculators… I left early.

(1894 – 1974) comedian, radio & television host

A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

Anybody who tells you that life is brief hasn’t been to motor vehicles recently.

(1946 – ) American comedian, actor & voice actor

History repeats itself; historians repeat each other.

(1889 – 1944) English historian

The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

Future: That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I saw a bank that said “24 Hour Banking,” but I don’t have that
 much time.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

A loafer always has the correct time.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Time and Tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of thirty.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

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

The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

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

(1923 – ) German-born diplomat & scholar

Better late than… pregnant.

Give me a couple of years, and I’ll make that actress an overnight success.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Tradition is what you resort to when you don’t have the time or the money to do it right.

(1905 – 1988) Austrian-born American conductor