Subject: Time (Page 18)

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

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

The length of debate varies inversely with the complexity of the issue.

My friend Winnie is a procrastinator…. he didn’t get his birthmark until he was eight years old.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Infinity is one lawyer waiting for another.

I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I went to a meeting for premature ejaculators… I left early.

(1894 – 1974) comedian, radio & television host

For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.

(1925 – 2005) television host

No project was ever completed on time and within budget.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those we intend to commit.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Eternity is really long, especially near the end.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.

You never have the right number of pills left on the last day of a prescription.

Everything happens at the same time with nothing in between.

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.

(1898 – 1981) actor, singer, songwriter & movie producer

I never put on a pair of shoes until I’ve worn them at least five years.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

What men learn from history is that men do not learn from history.

If you’re early, it’ll be cancelled. If you knock yourself out to be on time, you will have to wait. If you’re late, you will be too late.

If you have something to do and you put it off for long enough, the chances are someone else will do it for you.

The difference between God and the historians consists above all in the fact that God cannot alter the past.

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist

America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time.