Subject: Time (Page 10)

Four years ago… no, it was yesterday.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Time

Vacation: Two weeks on the sunny sands – and the rest of the year on the financial rocks.

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist
Activities Money Places Time

It always takes longer to get there than to get back.

Murphy’s Laws Time Travel

History would be an excellent thing, if only it were true.

(1828 – 1910) Russian writer
History Intelligence Time

The amount of time required to complete a government project is precisely equal to the length of time already spent on it.

Government Murphy’s Laws Time

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

(1937 – ) British playwright & screenwriter
Things Time

The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

Murphy’s Laws Time Work

So many men, so little time.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
Men People Time

If I had my life to live over, I wouldn't have time.

(1936 – 1992) singer, songwriter, musician & actor
Life People Self Time

Give me a couple of years, and I’ll make that actress an overnight success.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Success Time

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Murphy’s Laws Time

When a person says that, in the interest of saving time, he will summarize his prepared statement, he will talk only three times as long as if he had read the statement in the first place.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Speech Time

That’s history; I say history because it happened in the past.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
History Misspokements Time

Any technical problem can be overcome given enough time and money.

Lerman's Corollary: You are never given enough time or money.

Money Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

Time: That which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him.

(1820 – 1903) English philosopher
Death Time

The first 90 percent of the task takes 90 percent of the time. The last 10 percent takes the other 90 percent.

Murphy’s Laws Time

The amount of sleep needed by the average person is five minutes more.

typographer
Activities Situations Sleep Time

I didn’t think prohibition would last that long.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer
Alcohol Food/Drink Time

I've got my faults, but living in the past isn't one of them; there's no future in it.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager
Future Misspokements Past Time

New Year's Day… now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions; next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Situations Time

It's always the wrong time of the month.

Murphy’s Laws Science/Weather Sex Time