Subject: Time (Page 19)

Styrofoam is biodegradable; you people are just impatient.

American comedian & writer

If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.

(1928 – ) American psychologist & advice columnist

It’s a battle with himself and with the ticking fingers of the clock.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.

It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Dick Clark went to a psychic; she told him, in a previous life, he was Dick Clark.

comedian

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

To spot the expert, pick the one who predicts the job will take the longest and cost the most.

Why women don’t blink during foreplay… not enough time.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

A very short one.

(1875 – 1997) French, 120 year old woman

Everything costs more and takes longer.

Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marching across your face.

(1946 – ) singer, songwriter, author & actress

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

(1876 – 1967) German statesman

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

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. Well, I didn't live in this century.

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

What happens when the future has come and gone?

businessman

You always think another time would have been ideal for you; the reality is there was no novocaine when you went to the dentist.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.

(1860 – 1954) English author, Anglican priest, professor & dean

I just bought a microwave fireplace… you can spend an evening in front of it in only eight minutes.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

History must repeat itself because we pay such little attention to it the first time.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter