Subject: Time (Page 21)

Shirley Temple had charisma as a child… but it cleared up as an adult.

(1930 – 1978) American comedian

We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories.

Women with "pasts" interest men because men hope that history will repeat itself.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Howard: It was an hour ago, Sheldon. A Jew sits in front of a house in Texas for that long, for sale signs start to go up.

(1980 – ) American actor, comedian & musician

My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for 40 years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions.

(1952 – ) comedian

I think, in 10 years, hell's gonna be the only place left where you can still smoke.

(1965 – ) American comedian

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

I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

I admit that I live in the past, but only because housing is so much cheaper.

American comedian

The past always looks better than it was because it isn't here.

(1867 – 1936) author & humorist

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

History repeats itself; historians repeat one another.

(1887 – 1915) English poet

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

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

Any technical problem can be overcome given enough time and money.

Lerman's Corollary: You are never given enough time or money.

When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web…. Now even my cat has its own page.

First Things First, but not necessarily in that order.

Eternity is really long, especially near the end.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian