- Character
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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people choose their style at the age of 14, but I changed mine all the time.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Lord may not come when you want Him, but he's always going to be there on time.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only time I was really free was when the director said 'Action' in front of a camera or on the stage, and that's when I flew.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
After the Academy Award, well, I was left with a lot of time on my hands. I thought I'd get a lot of offers - and they didn't come.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.
- At Least One
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- Nov 07, 2020
Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.
- Angola
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- Nov 07, 2020
The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 years ago.
- Fish
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason that fish form schools, birds form flocks, and bees form swarms is that they are smarter together than they would be apart. They don't take a vote; they don't take a poll: they form a system. They are all interactive and make a decision together in real time.
- Greatest Importance
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- Nov 07, 2020
As you know, I am a novelist, and I really want to write novels. But I knew enough about the Dreyfus case to understand immediately why what happened to Dreyfus was not merely a cause celebre from the end of the 19th century, but an event that could be shown to teach us lessons of the greatest importance for our own time.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, when I was younger, I lied all the time, because once you understand the power of lying, it's really like magic because you transform reality for people.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020