- God
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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These quotes look at lateness from several angles—the reassurance that starting fresh is possible at any age, an older historical reference to a delayed arrival, and wry lines about timing that shows up too early or too late to matter.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
- Big Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a big fan of X. I've probably seen 100 X shows during their time in the late '70s and early '80s.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt like my career started late, and I think it was because of my height - and maybe some of my confidence issues.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Aung San Suu Kyi's late husband, Michael Aris, was a good friend of mine at St Antony's, Oxford. The gentlest of gentle academics, he helped establish a centre in Tibetan studies at Oxford and converted to Buddhism.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started quite late. I only discovered that I could write a song when I was, like, 17... some musicians, they're starting out, writing songs when they're, like, 12, 13. I never thought I would go into songwriting when I was that young.
- Late Bloomer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a late bloomer.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the Beatles. Now I know I'm a good few decades late on this one, but I've always been behind the curve.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boundaries move with time. It's like being the oldest child. Your parents don't know what to expect, but by the time the little sister comes along, it's like, 'Oh, staying out late with a boy - no big deal.'
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can design a collection in a day and I always do, cause I've always got a load of Italians on my back, moaning that it's late.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
The company started in the early 90s or late 80s. We were a behavioural science company. We didn't pivot into data analytics till 2012. So, all the data that we collected pre-2012, which was done by the British company SBL group, was collected through quantitive and qualitative research on the ground.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started playing hockey late and it was unclear until the very last moment if I was talented or not. But it turned out well.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
England in the late 1940s was famously grim. As I remember it, London back then was a very dirty place, from coal dust and smoke, from the grit stirred up every day by the jackhammers still clearing out rubble from the Blitz.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020