Subject: Time (Page 6)

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Children should neither be seen nor heard from… ever again.

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

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

By the time you get to the point where you can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

(1940 – ) computer scientist

Sooner or later, I'll be punctual.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

You always think another time would have been ideal for you; the reality is there was no novocaine when you went to the dentist.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

A day without sunshine is like… well, night.

Whenever you decide to take the kids home, it is always five minutes earlier that they break into fights, tears, or hysteria.

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

(1899 – 1985) US author & humorist

Fish and visitors smell in three days.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Absolutum obsoletum – If it works, it’s out of date.

I've got my faults, but living in the past isn't one of them; there's no future in it.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

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’ve been on a diet for two weeks and all I’ve lost is two weeks.

(1930 – 1978) American comedian

Infinity is one lawyer waiting for another.

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

People say ‘I’m taking it one day at a time.’ … you know what… so is everybody, that’s how time works.


Tradition is what you resort to when you don’t have the time or the money to do it right.

(1905 – 1988) Austrian-born American conductor