Subject: Time (Page 6)

Brought up in the provinces in the forties and fifties one learned early the valuable lesson that life is generally something that happens elsewhere.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright
History Time

If you are truly serious about preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract – teach him to deduct.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist
Education Future Learning

Instant gratification takes too long.

(1956 – ) author & movie actress
Time

Good Old Days: A block of time which ended a week before you were hired.

Definitions Past Time Work

Time: That which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him.

(1820 – 1903) English philosopher
Death Time

The faster he goes, the quicker he’ll get to the pits; the slower he goes, the longer it will take.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports Time

Opportunity always knocks at the least opportune moment.

Murphy’s Laws Situations Time

Women reach their sexual peak after 35 years; men reach theirs after about four minutes.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor
Men People Sex Time Women

Everything takes more time and money.

Life Money Murphy’s Laws Time

Any renovation project on an old house will cost twice as much and take three times as long as originally estimated.

Money Murphy’s Laws Time

Why should I do anything for posterity? … what has posterity ever done for me?

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host
Future People Time

Everything will go wrong at one time.

Corollary: That time is always when you least expect it.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

(1867 – 1936) author & humorist
Past Time

What time is it?… you mean now?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Time Yogi-isms

The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people.

(1897 – 1972) broadcast journalist & gossip columnist
People Time

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Future Yogi-isms

A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never sure.

Murphy’s Laws Things Time

First Things First, but not necessarily in that order.

Murphy’s Laws Time

You never have the right number of pills left on the last day of a prescription.

Health Murphy’s Laws Time

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist
Money Time

Those who abhor history are compelled to rewrite it.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author
Communication History Reading/Writing Time