Subject: Time (Page 23)

There are only two types of computers in the world: those that waste your precious time and those that waste your precious time faster.

I have a time machine at home; it only goes forward at regular speed.

(1973 – ) American comedian

The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

The efficiency of a committee meeting is inversely proportional to the number of participants and the time spent on deliberations.

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

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

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.

(1870 – 1924) Russian revolutionary, politician & political theorist

The shortest measurable interval of time is the time between the moment one puts a little extra aside for a sudden emergency and the arrival of that emergency.

When I was a Republican, Saddam Hussein was our ally, George Bush owned a mediocre baseball team, Enron was a respected energy company and Michael Jackson was still black.

(1950 – ) Greek American author, columnist & website co-founder

I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

Now is the time for all good men to come to.

(1913 – 1973) American animator & cartoonist (Pogo)

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

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.

(1886 – 1973) Israeli prime minister

It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

If a man smiles all the time he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work.

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

Nothing puzzles me more than time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less, as I never think about them.

(1775 – 1834) English critic & essayist

Money still talks these days… trouble is, you have to increase the volume alot!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

After two days in hospital I took a turn for the nurse.

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

Pocket Watch: A watch for people who don’t like having time on their hands.

A loafer always has the correct time.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist