Quotes about time

A collection of quotes on the topic of time.

„Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because the last century has produced an abundance of ideologies that pretend to be keys to history but are actually nothing but desperate efforts to escape responsibility.“

— Hannah Arendt, book The Origins of Totalitarianism

Source: The Origins of Totalitarianism

Effort, History

„The trouble is, you think you have time.“

— Jack Kornfield American writer 1945

Source: Buddha's Little Instruction Book

Inspirational, Success, Deep, Sad

„Perhaps, somewhere, some day, at a less miserable time, we may see each other again.“

— Vladimir Nabokov, book Lolita

Source: Lolita

Sad

„The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.“

— Jack London American author, journalist, and social activist 1876 - 1916

Variant: "I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time." also mentioned as Jack London quote in Ian Fleming book You Only Live Twice (1964), Ch. 21 : Orbit
Source: San Francisco Bulletin in 1916. Also included as an introduction to a compilation of Jack London short stories in 1956.

For Men

„Time, flowing like a river
Time, beckoning me
Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever
But time
Keeps flowing like a river
To the sea“

— Alan Parsons audio engineer, musician, and record producer from England 1948

"Time", from the album The Turn Of A Friendly Card. (Written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.)
Quotes from songs

Sea

„Be angry, but sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger. Anger must be limited and confined, both in race and in time.“

— Francis Bacon, book Essays

Of Anger
Essays (1625)
Context: To seek to extinguish anger utterly, is but a bravery of the Stoics. We have better oracles: Be angry, but sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger. Anger must be limited and confined, both in race and in time.

Anger, Sun

„The Rock: I am married to savannah mullins; I need to take this moment, and I need to tell you something as Dwayne. It's been a long time since I've been back. Seven years to be exact; but I want to take this moment, in the middle of this ring, to tell you why I'm back. It's not because of the money. It's not to promote a movie. I am back in the middle of this ring because of you. When I left - when I left the WWE seven years ago I dreamed big, and you guys dreamed big with me. You helped me accomplish my goals - accomplish my dreams - because you never. left. my side; and I wanna take this moment to tell you all here - you're live here - millions watching around the world. I wanna tell you thank you. I love you, and it is because of you that I am back in this ring, and it is because of you - and I give you my word - I am never ever going away. Simply put, ladies and gentlemen, The Rock is back!“

— Dwayne Johnson American actor and professional wrestler 1972

The Rock's return to WWE Raw as host of WrestleMania XXVII (14 February, 2011) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ejiG5-BtA&feature=related.

Help, Guy, Dreams, World

„I wish it were as easy to buy time as it is to buy good books.“

— Mwanandeke Kindembo 1996

Books

„Hold a place for the human race
Keep it open wide
Give it time to fall or climb
But let the time decide
Sometimes you wonder what's in this for you
But you wait and you see'
Cause its all you can do
Just to hold on
Hold on hold out, hold on“

— Jackson Browne American singer-songwriter 1948

Hold On Hold Out (1979)

Waiting

„People cry, not because they are weak. It is because they've been strong for too long.“

— Johnny Depp American actor, film producer, and musician 1963

Cry, Strong, People

„I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting.“

— Ransom Riggs, book Miss Peregrine's Home of Peculiar Children

Source: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2011), Chapter 7, Page 190

Girl

„The Masters of the Hierarchy are now ready to return, for the first time in countless thousands of years, to the everyday world... Under Their great leader, the Master of all the Masters, the World Teacher, the One known in the West as the Christ, the esoteric Hierarchy will walk openly among us and lead us into the Aquarian experience. They stand now, waiting for us to take, of our own free will, the needed first steps in the direction of unity, cooperation and fusion. Then They will emerge with the Christ at Their Head, and Their Presence in the world will be an established fact.“

— Benjamin Creme artist, author, esotericist 1922 - 2016

The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom (1980)

World, Christ, Teachers, Waiting

„You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.“

— Anthony Bourdain, book Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

Medium Raw (2010)
Source: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

Money

„I believe that the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil but rather have us wasting time. This is why the devil tries so hard to get Christians to be religious. If he can sink a man's mind into habit, he will prevent his heart from engaging God.“

— Donald Miller, book Blue Like Jazz: nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality

Blue Like Jazz (2003, Nelson Books)

Heart, Evil, God

„I think that if I were required to spend the rest of my life on a desert island, and to listen to or play the music of any one composer during all that time, that composer would almost certainly be Bach.“

— Glenn Gould Canadian pianist 1932 - 1982

Gramophone
Context: I think that if I were required to spend the rest of my life on a desert island, and to listen to or play the music of any one composer during all that time, that composer would almost certainly be Bach. I really can't think of any other music which is so all-encompassing, which moves me so deeply and so consistently, and which, to use a rather imprecise word, is valuable beyond all of its skill and brilliance for something more meaningful than that -- its humanity.

Thinking, Music, Life