- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Late Quotes
On timing, second chances, and knowing when it's too late.
These quotes look at lateness from several angles—the reassurance that starting fresh is possible at any age, an older historical reference to a delayed arrival, and wry lines about timing that shows up too early or too late to matter. See our life quotes for more.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Say
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
The main thing is, I can't stay up late partying when I'm on tour. That's not good for my voice or my health in general.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
'In many ways, I was born a hundred years too late. I often feel out of kilter with the modern world.
- Nov 07, 2020
'Show up at the desk' is one of the first rules of writing, but for 'Wolf Hall' I was about 30 years late.
- Learn
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned Romanian very late, when I was fifteen, in town, and I wanted to learn it. I like the language very much.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.
- Mission
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's true that Apollo 10's lander was overweight. Late in the craft's development, it became clear that its ballooning weight was endangering the whole mission.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our store was so small, it had no back or second floor. We just slept on the counter late at night after the store was closed.
- Will
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you are around 60, there are certain things that are completely terrifying. One of them is that you have made the wrong choices in life, and now it's too late to do anything about them.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I discovered Los Angeles in the late '90s. The city was not at its best at the time, but I fell for it right away. There is something almost haunted about it, a vibrant mythology I find rather inspiring.
- Evening
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- Nov 07, 2020