Subject: Time (Page 10)

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

(1874 – 1963) American poet

He who warned, uh, the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin’ sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author

Simple jobs always get put off because there will be time to do them later.

It's always the wrong time of the month.

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

If you’ve only got one day to live, come see the Toronto Maple Leafs… it’ll seem like forever.

hockey announcer

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

Fish and visitors smell in three days.

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

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

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

(1926 – 1962) actress, sex symbol

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Faster than a dog's tail in a meat market.

The future will be better tomorrow.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

There aren't enough days in the weekend.


Norm: I wish I had time for a hobby.
Cliff: Norm, you’ve got time to make your own coal.

(1947 – ) American actor & entrepreneur

He is accelerating all the time; the last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before that in 62.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent.

(1922 – 2003) author & playwright

Spend sufficient time in confirming the need and the need will disappear.

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

(1899 – 1985) US author & humorist

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