Subject: Time (Page 13)

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

(1803 – 1869) French Romantic composer

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

(1982 – ) American actress & comedian

Future: That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Candy, is dandy, but liquor, is quicker.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.

Adding manpower to a late technology project only makes it later.

The critical period of matrimony is breakfast time.

(1890 – 1971) English humorist, novelist & playwright

I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.

Lord Chesterfield (1694 – 1773) British statesman

I haven’t slept for ten days… because that would be too long.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

You may marry the man of your dreams, ladies, but fourteen years later you're married to a couch that burps.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

The length of any meeting is inversely proportional to the length of the agenda for that meeting.

Why do they collect garbage at 5 a.m.; it’s garbage… it’s not going to go bad again.

(1965 – ) American stand-up comedian & television host

Punctuality: The art of arriving for an appointment just in time to be indignant at the tardiness of the other party.

Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.

(1911 – 2008) theoretical physicist

The weekend represents the 48 hours that you have to f**k up the life you worked so hard for all week.

(1983 – ) American comedian

[Paul Revere] did warn the British… and I know my American history.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only more expensive.

(1937 – 2000) science fiction author

Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we’re going forward to tomorrow or whether we’re going to go past to the – to the back.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

When the issue is trivial, and everyone understands it, debate is almost interminable.

Spend sufficient time confirming the need and the need will disappear.