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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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 Nov 07, 2020

Nov 07, 2020

If you look at the paths of other actors, most people have a curve where you hit it and there's a time where you make a lot of money and they let you make your movies, and then they take it away and it's gone.

Nov 07, 2020

That's the thing about musicians: The priority is to create something new that's never been before. And you put your life on the line every time that you play.

Nov 07, 2020

You can be sure that they'll be showing 'Ben-Hur' somewhere for a long, long time to come.

Religion
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Nov 07, 2020

I know one thing: There are a billion Islamic people in the world today, and there will be about 2 billion by the time we're dead. They're not going to give up their religion.

Nov 07, 2020

Financial support is one thing, but I always think what becomes really sacrificial is your time.

Nov 07, 2020

When I started, I knew nothing about fashion. I remember, my first day going to my agency, I was wearing these huge bell-bottoms - they were patchwork corduroy and denim, which, at the time, I thought were amazing. My agent told me, 'You have a casting with Prada - you have to burn those jeans.'

Hate
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Nov 07, 2020

You have a wide array of people that are watching something, and you cannot please everyone at the same time. Half the people will love it; half the people will hate it. Half the people won't see it.

Work
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Nov 07, 2020

Being part of such a great club like Manchester United fills you with emotion, and you gradually realise how much the club means to the fans and the people who work here. They really live for the game, so that does become part of you, and you can only appreciate that having spent time here.

Nov 07, 2020

It's one of the big mysteries about Venus: How did it get so different from Earth when it seems likely to have started so similarly? The question becomes richer when you consider astrobiology, the possibility that Venus and Earth were very similar during the time of the origin of life on Earth.

Nov 07, 2020

Asking Siri where the nearest sushi bar is - that's not interesting. What's interesting is asking your phone where one of your friends have last had dinner in the neighborhood, or having it recommend a cool paella place in Barcelona because it knows you eat paella all the time at home.

Good Record
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Nov 07, 2020

It's like... to make a good record - I don't care who you are - it takes a long time and a lot of passion and a lot of attention to detail, right?

Walk
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Nov 07, 2020

Every time you walk down the street people are screaming, 'You're fired!'

Nov 07, 2020

'Station to Station' is a series of happenings that go across the landscape. What is a happening? A happening is a moment in time. A moment in time that is not choreographed, where you don't know precisely what's going on. Where there are aspects of different layers of culture.

Nov 07, 2020

Every time you make a jump, whether it's from high school to college or college to the NBA, you're going to hear questions about your athletic ability.

Nov 07, 2020

But you've got to make choices, and you're not going to be right all the time.

Nov 07, 2020

The right thing to do is just ask what you can give, and then let things manifest in the time they're supposed to.

I Can
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Nov 07, 2020

I like things that are avant-garde, but at the same time I can also go downtown edgy.

Nov 07, 2020

At Horace Mann High School in affluent Riverdale, New York, one of the top schools in the country, those who receive double time on tests are plentiful enough to qualify as their own segment of the student body. Known to their peers as 2Ts, they participate in the same activities, get the same grades, and attend the same range of colleges.

Random
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Nov 07, 2020

I got a random tattoo the other day. It's a red triangle, which makes everyone think I'm arty, which I'm not. I used to draw red triangles all the time. It must mean something - maybe I don't know it yet. But I'll figure it out.

Nov 07, 2020

At first glance, the story of the Lusitania doesn't seem like the sort of thing I would take on. I usually like ideas that are a little bit more complex, things that people don't know about - or maybe they once did, but now you bring it to life for them for the first time.

A few quotes look further back, considering time on a generational scale rather than a daily one. For nearby reading in Hindi, see Anmol Vachan or Suvichar on this same theme.

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