Subject: Time (Page 16)

No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.

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

The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator

I didn’t think prohibition would last that long.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

1. Important mail arrives late. 2. Junk mail arrives the day it was sent.

Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.

No project was ever completed on time and within budget.

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

Up at the crank of dawn.

(1905 – 1974) radio comedian

There’s no future in time travel.

As soon as you dispose of a book, even one that has gathered dust for years, a pressing need to refer to it will arise.

The last rush-hour express bus to your neighborhood leaves five minutes before you get off work.

The surest way to be late is to have plenty of time.

(1907 – 2000) Canadian poet & critic

I’ve just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday; I’ll tell you what… never again.

(1967 – ) English actor, writer & comedian

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

Instant gratification takes too long.

(1956 – ) author & movie actress

Four years ago… no, it was yesterday.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author