Subject: Time (Page 3)

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Communication Language Time

I don’t like to look back in retrospect.

professional football player
Misspokements Past Time

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.

(1881 – 1960) American columnist
Communication Intelligence Reading/Writing Time

It’s always darkest before… daylight savings time.

Proverbs Situations Time

The difference between God and the historians consists above all in the fact that God cannot alter the past.

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist
Beliefs God History Time

 It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.

History Memory Murphy’s Laws

Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Definitions Time

A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.

Murphy’s Laws Time

I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.

Lord Chesterfield (1694 – 1773) British statesman
Life Time

Give me two years, and I'll make her an overnight star.

(1891 – 1958) American president of Columbia Pictures & producer
Success Time

Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to.

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist
People Time

Pocket Watch: A watch for people who don’t like having time on their hands.

Definitions Time

Tomorrow: What always comes but never arrives.

Definitions Future Time

The length of any meeting is inversely proportional to the length of the agenda for that meeting.

Murphy’s Laws Time

I didn’t think prohibition would last that long.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer
Alcohol Food/Drink Time

When I was born, I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)
Age Communication Speech Time

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author
Emotions Happiness Time

History repeats itself; historians repeat one another.

(1887 – 1915) English poet
History Occupations Time

There was three minutes to go about two minutes ago.

English football player & manager
Misspokements Sports Time

Urgency varies inversely with importance.

Murphy’s Laws Time

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Age Time Young