Subject: Time (Page 2)

The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

Murphy’s Laws Time

I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking; but I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they are still going.

(1883 – 1962) British barrister, judge, politician & preacher
Communication Speech Time

When working on a project, if you put away a tool that you're certain you're finished with, you will need it instantly.

Murphy’s Laws Things Time

When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the most inconvenient possible time.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

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

Education History Learning Murphy’s Laws People Time

What happens when the future has come and gone?

businessman
Future Time

Time may be a great healer, but’s it’s a lousy beautician.

Appearance Health Time

He who hesitates is poor.

(1926 – ) film director, screenwriter, composer, comedian, actor & producer
Money Poverty Time

Opportunity always knocks at the least opportune moment.

Murphy’s Laws Situations Time

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

(1769 – 1821) French general & politician
Success Time

Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time.

freelance writer
Alcohol Time

Any renovation project on an old house will cost twice as much and take three times as long as originally estimated.

Money Murphy’s Laws Time

Everything takes longer than you expect — even when you expect it to take longer than you expect.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist
Situations Time

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

Proverbs Situations Time

Madam, there's no such thing as a tough child – if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender.

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

Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to.

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist
People Time

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

(1882 – 1941) English novelist, essayist, publisher & feminist
Communication History People Reading/Writing Time Women

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

Murphy’s Laws Time

I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.

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

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

(1906 – 2002) Austrian journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter & producer
Characteristics Past Situations Time

Destiny: A tyrant’s authority for crime and a fool’s excuse for failure.

Definitions Future Time