- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Time Quotes
Quotes marking moments across time.
This page brings together quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family. It pairs well with Family Quotes for related reflections.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mother
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
A mother's got to be there to raise the children. That's all there is to it. I feel badly for those mothers who work hard, and can't do it all the time.
- Players
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It's all right buying all these good players but they've got to gel, and that takes time.
- Nov 07, 2020
Nah, I don't watch TV either, apart from a few sports programmes. I just don't have the time.
- Look
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
By the time I was 25 or 26, I would have earned a million, but if you looked in the bank account, it's not there because I've spent it. That's what it's there for. I don't want to be the richest bloke in the graveyard. Look at Elvis.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was born at the right time. I was a freak - the only young player when darts took off in the 1970s.
- City
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I was 15 when I got my first job as a proofreader for an advertising agency in the City, earning £12 a week. But by then, I was already playing darts tournaments every weekend, regularly winning the £50 first prize. By the time I was 16 and winning two or three contests a weekend, I ditched the agency job and concentrated on darts.
- Positive
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In 1987 I got dartitis, a psychological condition which means you can't let your darts go properly. For a time, I wondered what the hell I was going to do if I didn't recover. But I remained positive and, thankfully, got over it. It occurred during the Swedish Open when I found I couldn't let the darts go.
- Design
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I was in college, and very disappointed. I majored in commercial art and interior design for three or four years. At that time, it seemed the thing I really wanted to do, production design, just wasn't available in the U.K., so I turned to music.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
People we've encountered at pivotal moments who profoundly influence our direction are not necessarily the people whose names everybody knows. More often, they are the people who say or do just the right thing, at the right time.
- Moon
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
For the first time in history, a private company is organizing a mission to the moon. This mission will inspire countries of the world, citizens, our youth.
- Money
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It is time for us to insist that we are accountable for the money that we are spending.
- Eyes
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important.
- Music
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I think right now, you've seen these artists pop up over the last decade who've flirted with branching together a lot of different kinds of music. Some of them have been huge, and sold millions of records. And I think over time it's become a little bit of what the industry can be.
- Feel
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record.
- Music
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Although they can do it all the time, you know, they're far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they're out of my league.
- Moment
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I'm discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it's a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
- Good
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I'm just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn't know where I was going, and I didn't really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed.
- Quality
- |
- Nov 07, 2020