- Never
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- 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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
We had built up a team in Edmonton that really knew who each other was from a personal standpoint and from a professional standpoint. Our nucleus had stayed together for a long time.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say the difference between 'old Mark' and post-stroke Mark ... is that pre-stroke Mark was a major micromanager. I just don't have the time or inclination to micromanage as much as I used to.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
I even played bass for a while. Besides playing electric guitar, I'd also get asked to play some acoustic stuff. But, since I didn't have an acoustic guitar at the time, I used to borrow one from a friend so I could play folk joints.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually spend as much time listening to new music as to old. Probably more. I just try to get something out of it all.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A friend of mine passed away unexpectedly at the very end of making 'Ghosts', someone who had been as close to me as someone could get, someone who was far too young. But I couldn't really sing about it for a long time - not in the way I would have wanted to.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
My perspective is so much different now, being 41. The main difference between now and then is just realizing that your time will come to an end - and that it might not be far away. You see your face change, see the gray hairs sprouting up. When you're 24, you worry about the day you'll turn 40.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's never anything planned. I just do what I feel is best for the song at that time.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people want to write long, rambling, pathetic articles about how sad they are about song titles, have a blast! I'll be out playing music to a room full of people, having a great time.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout my life, there's just periods when I write and periods when I don't. I don't feel like anything's really blocked. It's just not where things are at right now, and it's just a matter of time until there's something going on where I feel compelled to write.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Writer's block' sounds so dramatic and worrisome, and I don't worry about it. I know deep down that I'm a writer, and it's just a matter of time until it comes back, and when it does, it'll be good like it's always been.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
There comes a time in every writer's life when it becomes necessary to recognize what people really care about.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started writing 'Cod' at a time when people were first beginning to take an interest in the problem of fisheries because the Grand Banks had closed.
- Fishing
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- Nov 07, 2020