Quotes about time
A collection of quotes on the topic of time.
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„Well as the vanquished charwoman of time begins to Shake-n-Vac the shagpile of eternity, I've noticed that we've just run out of time…“
— Humphrey Lyttelton English jazz trumpeter 1921 - 2008
The Guardian, Saturday 26 April 2008
„What is life? Life is like a big obstacle, put in front of your optical to slow you down, and every time you think you gotten past it, it's gonna come back around and tackle you to the damn ground. What are friends? Friends are people that you think are your friends, but they're really your enemies with secret identities and disguises to hide their true colors, so just when you're close enough to be brothers, they wanna come back and cut your throat when you ain't looking. What is money? Money is what makes a man act funny. Money is the root of all evil. Money'll make them same friends come back around swearing that they was always down. What is life? I'm tired of life!“
— Eminem American rapper and actor 1972
"'If I Had" (Track 6).
1990s, The Slim Shady LP (1999)
„Yours
(now I'm even losing my name - it was getting shorter and shorter all the time and is now: Yours)“
— Franz Kafka, book Letters to Milena
Source: Letters to Milena
„To Be or Not to Be: In Nature all life is a question of the minutest, but extremely precisely graduated differences in the particular thermal motion within every single body, which continually changes in rhythm with the processes of pulsation. This unique law, which manifests itself throughout Nature's vastness and unity and expresses itself in every creature and organism, is the ' law of ceaseless cycles' that in every organism is linked to a certain time span and a particular tempo. The slightest disturbance of this harmony can lead to the most disastrous consequences for the major life forms. In order to preserve this state of equilibrium, it is vital that the characteristic inner temperature of each of the millions of micro-organisms contained in the macro-organisms be maintained.“
— Viktor Schauberger austrian philosopher and inventor 1885 - 1958
Callum Coats: Water Wizard
Viktor Schauberger: Our Senseless Toil (1934)
„He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.“
— Marcus Aurelius, book Meditations
X, 12
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book X
Context: What need is there of suspicious fear, since it is in thy power to inquire what ought to be done? And if thy seest clear, go by this way content, without turning back: but if thy dost not see clear, stop and take the best advisers. But if any other things oppose thee, go on according to thy powers with due consideration, keeping to that which appears to be just. For it is best to reach this object, and if thou dost fail, let thy failure be in attempting this. He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.
„He had utter disdain for the Nazis and had no time for their racial purity agenda.“
— Erich von Manstein German general 1887 - 1973
Nuremberg Trial transcripts
„The will for victory which gives a commander the strength to see a grave crisis through is something very different from Hitler's will, which in the last analysis stemmed from a belief in his own 'mission'. Such a belief makes a man impervious to reason and leads him to think that his own will can operate even beyond the limits of hard reality - whether these consist in the presence of far superior enemy forces, in the conditions of space and time, or merely in the fact that the enemy also happens to have a will of his own.“
— Erich von Manstein German general 1887 - 1973
Lost Victories, Hitler As Supreme Commander
„It has always been the particular forte of German leadership to grant wide scope to the self-dependence of subordinate commanders - to allot them tasks which leave the method of execution to the discretion of the individual. From time immemorial - certainly since the elder Moltke's day - this principle has distinguished Germany's military leadership from that of other armies.“
— Erich von Manstein German general 1887 - 1973
Describing Mission Command, Lost Victories, The Winter Campaign In South Russia
„I tried at that time to relieve the Sixth Army, of which I was supreme commander, above Paulus, by counterattacks - but it was not possible. I gave the order finally for the Sixth Army to break out, but then Paulus said it was too late and not possible. Hitler did not want the Sixth Army to break out at any time, but to fight to the last man. I believe that Hitler said if the Sixth Army tried to break out, it would be their death.“
— Erich von Manstein German general 1887 - 1973
To Leon Goldensohn (14 June 1946). Quoted in "The Nuremberg Interviews" - by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
„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
„We are just waves in time and space, changing continuously, and the illusion of individuality is produced through the concatenation of the rapidly succeeding phases of existence. What we define as likeness is merely the result of the symmetrical arrangement of molecules which compose our body.“
— Nikola Tesla Serbian American inventor 1856 - 1943
„Runnin' away from you takes time and pain And I don't even want to So, I'm gettin' high all week without you Poppin' pills, thinkin' about you“
— Lil Peep American rapper 1996 - 2017
Song U Said, Album: Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1
„“A lot of things seem to be happening, all at once,” I told Chester.
“Enemy action,” he replied.
“Huh?”
“That’s what you told me once. An old Army motto you found when you were doing those war books. Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action. This is the third time.”“
— Michael Kurland, book The Unicorn Girl
Source: The Unicorn Girl (1969), Chapter 2 (p. 22)
Kurland is actually quoting here from Ian Fleming’s novel Goldfinger