Subject: Time (Page 7)

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
History Time

Tradition is the illusion of permanence.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Situations Time

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.

(1818 – 1885) humorist
Money Time

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

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Places Time World

I like when good things happen to me, but I wait two weeks to tell anyone because I like to use the word ‘fortnight.’

(1973 – ) American comedian
Communication Language Time

When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.

(1945 – ) singer, actress & comedian
England Places Time

The length of time it takes a bill to pass through the legislature is in inverse proportion to the number of lobbying groups favoring it.

Government Law Murphy’s Laws Time

The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.

(1916 – 1997) newspaper journalist
Life Time

A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never sure.

Murphy’s Laws Things Time

Historical fancy is more persistent than historical fact.

History Murphy’s Laws

Time is a waste of money.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
Money Time

In the year 3000, everything will be instant… but the DMV will still take, like, nine f**king seconds.

(1972 – ) stand-up comedian & actor
Future Time

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.

Food/Drink Proverbs Science/Weather Time

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
History Time

I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress
Time Work

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

(1899 – 1985) US author & humorist
Family Fathers Time War

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Time Yogi-isms

You never have the right number of pills left on the last day of a prescription.

Health Murphy’s Laws Time

People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)
Age Children Family Past Young

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

Age Death Murphy’s Laws Time Young

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

Money Murphy’s Laws Shopping Time