Subject: Time (Page 27)

The distance to the gate from which your flight departs is inversely proportional to the time remaining before the scheduled departure of the flight.

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

(1962 – ) Canadian-American actor & comedian

Styrofoam is biodegradable; you people are just impatient.

American comedian & writer

That’s history; I say history because it happened in the past.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Life’s too short for chess.

(1834 - 1884) - American born British dramatist & actor

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

It's better to retire too soon than too late.

When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)

There is a tendency for the person in the most powerful position in an organization to spend all his time serving on committees and signing letters.

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

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

The only way of catching a train I ever discovered is to miss the train before.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

Punctuality: The art of arriving for an appointment just in time to be indignant at the tardiness of the other party.

The time of departure will be delayed by the square of the number of people involved.

Year: The exact length of time that will pass from the day you get married to the day you forget your first anniversary.

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

(1926 – 1962) actress, sex symbol

If you are killing time, are you damaging eternity?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

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

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

(1930 – 1978) American comedian

First Things First, but not necessarily in that order.

I’d like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

(1907 - 1990) American theatrical producer