Subject: Time (Page 16)

Those who live closest arrive latest.

Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.

(1881 – 1960) American columnist

The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

We’ve been through so much together, and most of it was your fault.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

My watch is three hours fast, and I can’t fix it… so I’m going to move to New York.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Candy, is dandy, but liquor, is quicker.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

My secret to staying young… having no sense of time.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist

So many men, so little time.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

Historical fancy is more persistent than historical fact.

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

I’ve been on a diet for two weeks and all I’ve lost is two weeks.

(1930 – 1978) American comedian

Destiny: A tyrant’s authority for crime and a fool’s excuse for failure.

Seems like only a year ago they were married nine years!

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian

He who hesitates is a damn fool.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

If you play with anything long enough, it will break.

If you wait, it will go away.

Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

(1837 – 1920) American author

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

(1879 – 1974) film producer