Subject: Time (Page 3)

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

I bought a clock, but the big hand broke off of it… so I just added “ish” to every number.

(1973 – ) American comedian

After you've heard two eyewitness accounts of an automobile accident, you begin to worry about history.

(1953 – ) comedian & actor

It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.

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

Punctuality: The art of arriving for an appointment just in time to be indignant at the tardiness of the other party.

I’ve seen the future and it’s much like the present… only longer.

(1953 – 1998) baseball player

The time you spend grieving over a man should never exceed the amount of time you actually spent with him.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

 It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.

There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.

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

If, in the course of several months, if only three worthwhile social events take place, they will all fall on the same evening.

Styrofoam is biodegradable; you people are just impatient.

American comedian & writer

Urgency varies inversely with importance.

Eternity is really long, especially near the end.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.

(1881 – 1960) American columnist

I love deadlines; I especially like the whooshing sound they make when they go flying by.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I grew up in Europe… where the history comes from.

(1962 – ) English stand-up comedian & actor

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren’t there.

(1863 – 1952) Spanish American philosopher, essayist, poet & novelist

Trivial matters are handled promptly; important matters are never resolved.

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

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

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