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Time60 quotes
Every instant of time is a pinprick of eternity. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Time, the devourer of all things. — Ovid · 8Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. — Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1860Time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. — Hector Berlioz · 1856Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. — Marthe Troly-Curtin · 1912Gather 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 · 1648All 60 quotes →Effects of time14 quotes
Time, the devourer of all things. — Ovid · 8Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. — Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1860Time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. — Hector Berlioz · 1856Time beat him. Time, you know, takes everybody out, it's undefeated. — Rocky Balboa · 2015The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. — Horace · 14 BCTime is the great physician. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1837All 14 quotes →Passage of 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 →Nature of time9 quotes
Time moves slowly, but passes quickly. — Alice Walker · 1982Time is relative, okay? It can stretch and it can squeeze, but...it can't run backwards. Just can't. The only thing that can move across dimensions, like time, is gravity. — Brand · 2014We have trained them to think of the Future as a promised land which favoured heroes attain—not as something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. — C.S. Lewis · 1942I 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 · 1979We live in time—it holds us and molds us—but I've never felt I understood it very well. And I'm not referring to theories about how it bends and doubles back, or may exist elsewhere in parallel versions. No, I mean ordinary, everyday time, which clocks and watches assure us passes regularly: tick-tock, click-clock. Is there anything more plausible than a second hand? And yet it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach us time's malleability. Some emotions speed it up, others slow it down; occasionally, it seems to go missing—until the eventual point when it really does go missing, never to return. — Julian Barnes · 2011Time is what keeps everything from happening at once. — Ray Cummings · 1921All 9 quotes →Relentlessness of time7 quotes
Time, the devourer of all things. — Ovid · 8Time is a violent torrent; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. — Marcus Aurelius · 180He that runs against Time has an antagonist not subject to casualties. — Samuel Johnson · 1781Even such is time that takes in trust
Our youth, our joys, our all we have,
And pays us but with age and dust;
Who in the dark and silent grave,
When we have wandered all our ways,
Shuts up the story of our days.
But from this earth, this grave, this dust,
My God shall raise me up, I trust! — Sir Walter Raleigh · 1618But meanwhile it is flying, irretrievable time is flying. — Virgil · 29 BCNothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defense. — William Shakespeare · 1609All 7 quotes →The human condition5 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 · 1608We have trained them to think of the Future as a promised land which favoured heroes attain—not as something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. — C.S. Lewis · 1942Like 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 · 1609And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition. — Milan Kundera · 1984Aging3 quotes
Time beat him. Time, you know, takes everybody out, it's undefeated. — Rocky Balboa · 2015No one can stop a ticking clock, but the great ones, the great ones always find a way to slow it down. — Sonny Weaver Jr. · 2014There's an experienced rebel, Time,
And in his squadrons Poverty;
There's Age that brings along with him
A terrible artillery:
And if against all these thou keep'st thy crown,
Th'usurper Death will make thee lay it down. — Thomas Flatman · 1682Wasting time3 quotes
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of. — Benjamin Franklin · 1746While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: seize the day, put no trust in the future. — Horace · 23 BCI wasted time, and now doth time waste me. — William Shakespeare · 1595How to live2 quotes
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. — J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. — Gandalf · 2001Killing time2 quotes
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. — Marthe Troly-Curtin · 1912There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. — Bill Watterson · 1988Leisure2 quotes
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. — Marthe Troly-Curtin · 1912There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. — Bill Watterson · 1988Lost time2 quotes
Procrastination is the thief of time. — Edward Young · 1742Time just gets away from us. — 40-Year-Old Mattie Ross · 2010Mortality2 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 · 1609Patience2 quotes
The strongest of all warriors are these two-Time and Patience. — Leo Tolstoy · 1869Wait for the wisest of all counsellors, Time. — Pericles · 100Ravages of time2 quotes
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. — Horace · 14 BCTime crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of time and is forgotten through the lapse of time. — Aristotle · 350 BCYouth2 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 · 1648Time, the subtle thief of youth. — John Milton · 1645Being present1 quote
Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instant, and that the past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality. — Alan Watts · 1957Carpe diem1 quote
While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: seize the day, put no trust in the future. — Horace · 23 BCChallenges of life1 quote
There's an experienced rebel, Time,
And in his squadrons Poverty;
There's Age that brings along with him
A terrible artillery:
And if against all these thou keep'st thy crown,
Th'usurper Death will make thee lay it down. — Thomas Flatman · 1682Circle of life1 quote
Time is a violent torrent; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Comeuppance1 quote
The whirligig of time brings in his revenges. — William Shakespeare · 1602Creation of the universe1 quote
The foundation of our faith is the belief that God created the Universe from nothing; that time did not exist previously, but was created. — Maimonides · 1190Death1 quote
There's an experienced rebel, Time,
And in his squadrons Poverty;
There's Age that brings along with him
A terrible artillery:
And if against all these thou keep'st thy crown,
Th'usurper Death will make thee lay it down. — Thomas Flatman · 1682Decisions and choices1 quote
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. — J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954Ephemeral nature of time1 quote
O time, arrest your flight! and you, propitious hours, arrest your course! Let us savor the fleeting delights of our most beautiful days. — Alphonse de Lamartine · 1820Eternity1 quote
Every instant of time is a pinprick of eternity. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Fate1 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 · 1608Friendship1 quote
Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love. — Jean de La Bruyere · 1688Good mood1 quote
When hearts are high the time will fly, so whistle while you work. — Snow White · 1937Good vibes only1 quote
When hearts are high the time will fly, so whistle while you work. — Snow White · 1937