Subject: Time

Up at the crank of dawn.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian

The more boring and out-of-date the magazines in the waiting room, the longer you will have to wait for your scheduled appointment.

American History Is A Thing of the Past

You always say 'I'll quit when I start to slide,' and then one morning you wake up and realize you done slid.

(1921 – 1989) American boxing champion

Just give me a shave… I haven’t time to listen to a haircut.

Yesterday: The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

During the feminist seventies men were caught between a rock and a hard-on; in the fathering eighties they are caught between good hugs and bad hugs.

(1936 – ) novelist, essayist & columnist

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

(1861 – 1950) American writer

I just don’t want you to do nothing on the sperm of the moment.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

People who make history know nothing about history; you can see that in the sort of history they make.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

Howard: It was an hour ago, Sheldon. A Jew sits in front of a house in Texas for that long, for sale signs start to go up.

(1980 – ) American actor, comedian & musician

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Women reach their sexual peak after 35 years; men reach theirs after about four minutes.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

To estimate the time it takes to do a task, estimate the time you think it should take, multiply by two, and change the unit of measure to the next highest unit. (Example: allocate two days for a one-hour task)

He asked me if I knew what time it was… I said, “Yes, but not right now.”

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year.

(1922 – 2018) comedian & actor

No man goes before his time… unless the boss leaves early.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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