Time Quotes - Page 75

Absolute, true, and mathematical time, in and of itself and of its own nature, without reference to anything external, flows uniformly and by another name is called duration. Relative, apparent, and common time is any sensible and external measure (precise or imprecise) of duration by means of motion; such as a measure-for example, an hour, a day, a month, a year-is commonly used instead of true time.

Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.

Time has told me less than I need to know.

I was always in the right place at the right time, always willing to take advantage of an opportunity.

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.

Good times are always mutual; that is what makes good times.

Ennui is the echo in us of time tearing itself apart.

All my possessions for a moment of time.

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get a melody in their head and the notes will take precedence, so that they wind up forcing a word onto a melody. It doesn't ring true.

Sometimes when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks.

Sometimes you've got to go through hell to get to heaven.

Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social, and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of our deeply held notions that underlie our lifestyles.

You will go through tough times, it's about getting through them.

... Nessun maggior dolore Che ricordarsi del tempo felice Nella miseria. (There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery.)

Once upon a time, something happened, and it was better than something not happening. The end.

It is odd how we sometimes deny ourselves the very pleasure we have longed for and which is finally within our reach.

I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.

I have two moods. One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs... Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it's out.

The economic benefits of investing in children have been extensively documented. Investing fully in children today will ensure the well-being and productivity of future generations for decades to come. By contrast, the physical, emotional and intellectual impairment that poverty inflicts on children canmean a lifetime of suffering and want - and a legacy of poverty for the next generation.

Sometimes a tree tells you more than can be read in books.

One time I tried to marry a chicken.

Did you stop because it was good enough, or could have done more - but then maybe ruined it too? Sometimes you finish because you've gone too far.

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.

A bulldog can whip a skunk, but sometimes it's not worth it.