Subject: Time (Page 28)

My secret to staying young… having no sense of time.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

That’s history; I say history because it happened in the past.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I guess that’s the earliest I’ve ever been late.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

So what if I can’t spell Armaggedon? … it’s not the end of the world.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.

(1892 – 1964) singer, dancer, comedian, actor & songwriter

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

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don’t want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

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

I’d like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

(1907 - 1990) American theatrical producer

The trouble with being punctual is that there's nobody there to appreciate it.

(1908 – 1993) American composer, lyricist & writer

Today, too many workers spend their time trying to make their weekends meet.

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

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband, while a man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

I find that the further I go back, the better things were, whether they happened or not.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.

(1930 – ) economist, social commentator & author

The remaining work to finish in order to reach your goal increases as the deadline approaches.

I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

There’s an old saying about those who forget history… I don’t remember it, but it’s good.

(1964 – ) comedian, political satirist, writer & television host

I like to reminisce with people I don’t know… granted, it takes longer.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer