Subject: Time (Page 19)

Why are our days numbered and not, say, lettered?

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.

Here are some names to look forward to – perhaps in the future.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

A very short one.

(1875 – 1997) French, 120 year old woman

People who make history know nothing about history; you can see that in the sort of history they make.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

The secret of eternal youth is arrested development.

(1884 – 1980) author & wit

A hotel mini-bar allows you to see into the future and what a can of Pepsi will cost in 2020.

(1954 – ) American comedian, writer & musician

Trade-offs have been with us ever since the late unpleasantness in the Garden of Eden.

(1930 – ) economist, social commentator & author

Time is nature’s way of not letting everything happen at once.

Absolutum obsoletum – if it works, it’s out of date.

(1926 – 2002) British management theorist & professor

The larger the project or job, the less time there is to do it.

She was old too, when she went to school they didn’t have history.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.

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

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

(1769 – 1821) French general & politician

My watch is three hours fast, and I can’t fix it… so I’m going to move to New York.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Live each day as if it were your last… because one day, you’ll be right.

(1924 – 1992) English comedian & actor

A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage, but an ex-wife is there for the rest of your life.

(1948 – 1990) comedian

Everything costs more and takes longer.

It's better to retire too soon than too late.