- Myself
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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Sir John A. MacDonald or any other leader of that day were here now, he would have a different program from that of sixty years ago. He sought to give his people policies suited to the time in which he lived.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
The spiritual quest is not some added benefit to our life, something you embark on if you have the time and inclination. We are spiritual beings on an earthly journey. Our spirituality makes up our beingness.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
But, at the same time, I think that there is room for economic stimulus in terms of accelerated depreciation to encourage businesses to invest and to grow and ultimately to hire more people again.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority is important to the people of Louisiana.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive - and at the same time publicity is its dream.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush has dealt with more difficult issues than any president since Franklin Roosevelt. And I've told my colleagues it's time that we go stand up for the president.
- Fine
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- Nov 07, 2020
My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
With Zeppelin, I tried to play something different every night in my solos. I'd play for 20 minutes but the longest ever was 30 minutes. It's a long time, but whenI was playing it seemed to fly by.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate it when people slag us off. We had done three tours during 1970 and we finished off feeling we had just about had enough. We had done so much in that short space of time, we were drained.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than a small European country was a hundred years ago.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's amazing that people still feel, 'Oh my gosh, it's a black guy.' We've been here for a long time; let's get used to it. Let's get used to other cultures.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why does the past seem so magical, so fraught, so luminous? At the time it was just, ugh, another boring bloody day. But, to look back on, it's a day full of miracles and light and extraordinary events. Why is this? What process do we apply to the past, to give it this vividness? I don't know.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020