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Philosophical literature4 quotes
Every instant of time is a pinprick of eternity. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Time 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 · 180Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light. — ThalesZen 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 · 1957Religious literature4 quotes
I am mighty Time, the source of destruction that comes forth to annihilate the worlds. — Krishna · 200 BCWe 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 · 1942Zen 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 · 1957The foundation of our faith is the belief that God created the Universe from nothing; that time did not exist previously, but was created. — Maimonides · 1190Fantasy3 quotes
When hearts are high the time will fly, so whistle while you work. — Snow White · 1937All 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 · 2001Comedy (play)2 quotes
The 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 · 1608Drama2 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. · 2014Drama (film)2 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. · 2014Epic2 quotes
Time 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 · 2014All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. — Gandalf · 2001Epic (film)2 quotes
Time 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 · 2014All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. — Gandalf · 2001Fantasy (film)2 quotes
When hearts are high the time will fly, so whistle while you work. — Snow White · 1937All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. — Gandalf · 2001Greek tragedy2 quotes
But ever-ageing Time teaches all things. — Aeschylus · 424 BCTime eases all things. — Sophocles · 430 BCHistorical literature2 quotes
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. — Theophrastus · 240The clock, not the steam-engine, is the key-machine of the modern industrial age. — Lewis Mumford · 1934Sports2 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. · 2014Sports (film)2 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. · 2014Tragedy (play)2 quotes
But ever-ageing Time teaches all things. — Aeschylus · 424 BCTime eases all things. — Sophocles · 430 BCAnimation1 quote
When hearts are high the time will fly, so whistle while you work. — Snow White · 1937Animation (film)1 quote
When hearts are high the time will fly, so whistle while you work. — Snow White · 1937Autobiography and memoir1 quote
The abbreviation of time, and the failure of hope, will always tinge with a browner shade the evening of life. — Edward Gibbon · 1794Biography1 quote
Wait for the wisest of all counsellors, Time. — Pericles · 100Comedy1 quote
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 · 1979Comedy (film)1 quote
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 · 1979Epistolary novel1 quote
Time moves slowly, but passes quickly. — Alice Walker · 1982History (play)1 quote
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. — William Shakespeare · 1595Narrative poem1 quote
Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining. — William Shakespeare · 1594Political literature1 quote
What's not destroyed by Time's devouring hand?
Where's Troy, and where's the May-pole in the Strand? — James Bramston · 1729Romantic comedy (play)1 quote
The whirligig of time brings in his revenges. — William Shakespeare · 1602Science fiction1 quote
Time 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 · 2014Science fiction (film)1 quote
Time 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 · 2014Scientific literature1 quote
Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of time and is forgotten through the lapse of time. — Aristotle · 350 BCWestern1 quote
Time just gets away from us. — 40-Year-Old Mattie Ross · 2010Western (film)1 quote
Time just gets away from us. — 40-Year-Old Mattie Ross · 2010