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Passage of time30 quotes
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. — T.S. Eliot · 1915Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. — Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1860Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. — Ferris Bueller · 1986Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow will be dying. — Robert Herrick · 1648Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day, you’re in diapers; next day, you’re gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place, a town, a house…like a lot of other houses; a yard like a lot of other yards; on a street like a lot of other streets. And the thing is…after all these years, I still look back…with wonder. — Narrator (Adult Kevin Arnold) · 1993The whirligig of time brings in his revenges. — William Shakespeare · 1602All 30 quotes →Time14 quotes
Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. — Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1860Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow will be dying. — Robert Herrick · 1648The whirligig of time brings in his revenges. — William Shakespeare · 1602Time’s the king of men.
He’s both their parent, and he is their grave,
And gives them what he will, not what they crave. — William Shakespeare · 1608The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. — Horace · 14 BCI know we've only known each other four weeks and three days, but to me it seems like nine weeks and five days. The first day seemed like a week and the second day seemed like five days. And the third day seemed like a week again and the fourth day seemed like eight days. And the fifth day you went to see your mother and that seemed just like a day, and then you came back and later on the sixth day, in the evening, when we saw each other, that started seeming like two days, so in the evening it seemed like two days spilling over into the next day and that started seeming like four days, so at the end of the sixth day on into the seventh day, it seemed like a total of five days. And the sixth day seemed like a week and a half. — Navin Johnson · 1979All 14 quotes →Life5 quotes
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. — Ferris Bueller · 1986Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. — John Lennon · 1980I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it. — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already? — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Oh, what a day-to-day business life is. — Jules Laforgue · 1885The human condition4 quotes
Time’s the king of men.
He’s both their parent, and he is their grave,
And gives them what he will, not what they crave. — William Shakespeare · 1608Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end. — William Shakespeare · 1609Nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defense. — William Shakespeare · 1609Aging3 quotes
Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought. — Theognis of Megara · 541 BCI can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it. — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already? — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Wasting time3 quotes
The flowers withered,
Their color faded away,
While meaninglessly
I spent my days in the world
And the long rains were falling. — Ono no Komachi · 914I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. — William Shakespeare · 1595I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it. — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Youth3 quotes
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow will be dying. — Robert Herrick · 1648Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought. — Theognis of Megara · 541 BCTime, the subtle thief of youth. — John Milton · 1645Childhood2 quotes
Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day, you’re in diapers; next day, you’re gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place, a town, a house…like a lot of other houses; a yard like a lot of other yards; on a street like a lot of other streets. And the thing is…after all these years, I still look back…with wonder. — Narrator (Adult Kevin Arnold) · 1993Sweet childish days, that were as long
As twenty days are now. — William Wordsworth · 1807Effects of time2 quotes
Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. — Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1860The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. — Horace · 14 BCLiving in the moment2 quotes
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow will be dying. — Robert Herrick · 1648Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. — John Lennon · 1980Looking back2 quotes
Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day, you’re in diapers; next day, you’re gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place, a town, a house…like a lot of other houses; a yard like a lot of other yards; on a street like a lot of other streets. And the thing is…after all these years, I still look back…with wonder. — Narrator (Adult Kevin Arnold) · 1993Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
In looking on the happy Autumn-fields,
And thinking of the days that are no more. — Alfred Tennyson · 1847Mortality2 quotes
Time’s the king of men.
He’s both their parent, and he is their grave,
And gives them what he will, not what they crave. — William Shakespeare · 1608Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end. — William Shakespeare · 1609Nature of time2 quotes
I know we've only known each other four weeks and three days, but to me it seems like nine weeks and five days. The first day seemed like a week and the second day seemed like five days. And the third day seemed like a week again and the fourth day seemed like eight days. And the fifth day you went to see your mother and that seemed just like a day, and then you came back and later on the sixth day, in the evening, when we saw each other, that started seeming like two days, so in the evening it seemed like two days spilling over into the next day and that started seeming like four days, so at the end of the sixth day on into the seventh day, it seemed like a total of five days. And the sixth day seemed like a week and a half. — Navin Johnson · 1979Sweet childish days, that were as long
As twenty days are now. — William Wordsworth · 1807Relentlessness of time2 quotes
But meanwhile it is flying, irretrievable time is flying. — Virgil · 29 BCNothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defense. — William Shakespeare · 1609Spending time2 quotes
The flowers withered,
Their color faded away,
While meaninglessly
I spent my days in the world
And the long rains were falling. — Ono no Komachi · 914Oh, what a day-to-day business life is. — Jules Laforgue · 1885Alienating work1 quote
When you got a career, there ain't enough time in the day. You look at your watch, time just flies, like God damn, whoa, it's 5:35! Damn, I gotta come in early tomorrow and work on my project. Cause there ain't enough time when you got a career. When you got a job, there's too much time. That's right, you look at your watch like, ah shit. 9:08. — Chris Rock · 2009Changing of seasons1 quote
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
In looking on the happy Autumn-fields,
And thinking of the days that are no more. — Alfred Tennyson · 1847Coffee1 quote
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. — T.S. Eliot · 1915Comeuppance1 quote
The whirligig of time brings in his revenges. — William Shakespeare · 1602Death1 quote
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838Fate1 quote
Time’s the king of men.
He’s both their parent, and he is their grave,
And gives them what he will, not what they crave. — William Shakespeare · 1608Growing up1 quote
Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day, you’re in diapers; next day, you’re gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place, a town, a house…like a lot of other houses; a yard like a lot of other yards; on a street like a lot of other streets. And the thing is…after all these years, I still look back…with wonder. — Narrator (Adult Kevin Arnold) · 1993Inevitability of death1 quote
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1838Job vs. career1 quote
When you got a career, there ain't enough time in the day. You look at your watch, time just flies, like God damn, whoa, it's 5:35! Damn, I gotta come in early tomorrow and work on my project. Cause there ain't enough time when you got a career. When you got a job, there's too much time. That's right, you look at your watch like, ah shit. 9:08. — Chris Rock · 2009Jobs1 quote
When you got a career, there ain't enough time in the day. You look at your watch, time just flies, like God damn, whoa, it's 5:35! Damn, I gotta come in early tomorrow and work on my project. Cause there ain't enough time when you got a career. When you got a job, there's too much time. That's right, you look at your watch like, ah shit. 9:08. — Chris Rock · 2009Living life to the fullest1 quote
I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it. — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Lost time1 quote
Time just gets away from us. — 40-Year-Old Mattie Ross · 2010Making plans1 quote
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. — John Lennon · 1980Melancholy1 quote
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
In looking on the happy Autumn-fields,
And thinking of the days that are no more. — Alfred Tennyson · 1847Missed opportunities1 quote
Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already? — Ernest Hemingway · 1926