Subject: Time (Page 6)

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

(1899 – 1985) US author & humorist

The world gets better every day – then worse again in the evening.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

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

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

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

Styrofoam is biodegradable; you people are just impatient.

American comedian & writer

Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.

(1893 – 1978) American author

Fish and visitors smell in three days.

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

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

Here are some names to look forward to – perhaps in the future.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Time and Tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of thirty.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

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

(1908 – 1993) American composer, lyricist & writer

Good Old Days: A block of time which ended a week before you were hired.

Destiny: A tyrant’s authority for crime and a fool’s excuse for failure.

I didn’t think prohibition would last that long.

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

Candy, is dandy, but liquor, is quicker.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to.

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

Life’s a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

Whatever happened to the good old days when kids was scared to death of their parents?

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

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

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author