Subject: Time (Page 17)

On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

(1962 – ) writer & journalist

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

(1915 – 2002) Israeli diplomat & politician

I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn’t have to go so fast.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

(1803 – 1869) French Romantic composer

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

(1881 – 1960) American columnist

A very short one.

(1875 – 1997) French, 120 year old woman

I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

Trivial matters are handled promptly; important matters are never resolved.

What Orwell failed to predict was that we’d buy the cameras ourselves… and that our biggest fear would be that nobody was watching.

Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.

(1932 – ) British novelist & journalist

Historical fancy is more persistent than historical fact.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

If I’m not back in five minutes… just wait longer.

(1962 – ) Canadian-American actor & comedian

A day without sunshine is like… well, night.

Sex: The thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.

(1882 – 1942) American actor

I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.

Time’s fun when you're having flies.

(1936 – 1990) cartoonist, screenwriter, director & creator of the Muppets

Vacation: Two weeks on the sunny sands – and the rest of the year on the financial rocks.

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist

The ratio of time involved in work to time available for work is usually about 0.6.

Eternity is really long, especially near the end.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

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

(1837 – 1920) American author