- 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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- I Have Learned
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.
- Architecture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.
- Habit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Get the habit of analysis - analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your habit of mind.
- Changes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in Australia for many years. And the system there is a two-party system and the government changes from time to time.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew that Britain and the United States were beacons of freedom and democracy at a time when my life - and Western civilisation itself - was at grave risk.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a lot during my lifetime and I think it is time to make a change to my life at a young age of 87.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a big fan of documentaries. I've always loved them, and I've just never had the opportunity or the time to make a feature.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn.
- Blood
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- Nov 07, 2020
The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual level of rights. It's a paradox that they were a bunch of people who in many ways were fascist, but they were the bulwark against the fall of democracy.
- Crumble
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mighty cultures never - are almost never conquered. They crumble from within. And frankly, I think that a lot of Americans are acting like spoiled brats because everything isn't working out perfectly every time.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020