Subject: Time (Page 10)

The hands on my biological clock are giving me the finger.

(1961 – ) American stand-up comedian

Yoga is basically spending an entire hour trying to not fart.

(1982 – ) American actress & comedian

The ratio of time involved in work to time available for work is usually about 0.6.

I look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the rest of my life.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse – as a man shoots himself.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.

(1928 – ) American psychologist & advice columnist

Time: The arbitrary division of eternity.

Believe me, you have to get up early if you want to get out of bed.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Bus schedules are arranged so your bus will arrive at the transfer point precisely one minute after the connecting bus has left.

Punctuality: The art of guessing correctly how late the other party is going to be.

Those who live closest arrive latest.

I often think about my future wife and how lax she's been about getting in touch with me.

(1969 – ) American stand-up comedian

So what if I can’t spell Armaggedon? … it’s not the end of the world.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

(1818 – 1885) humorist & lecturer

Destiny: A tyrant’s authority for crime and a fool’s excuse for failure.

The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.

(1882 – 1942) American actor

Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people.

(1948 – ) English novelist

Cricket is a game which the British, not being a spiritual people, had to invent in order to have some concept of eternity.

British politician

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

(1894 – 1963) English writer

What happens when the future has come and gone?

businessman