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Time

The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time. – George Orwell

In books lies the soul of the whole past time. – Thomas Carlyle

Eternity is in love with the productions of time. – William Blake

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. – Annie Dillard

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do. – Thomas Sowell

Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment. – Deepak Chopra

At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. – Frederick Douglass

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now – always. – Albert Schweitzer

Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all. – Walt Whitman

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom. – Bertrand Russell

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past. – Karl Von Clausewitz

Everything comes in time to those who can wait. – Francois Rabelais

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves. – T. S. Eliot

For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria. – Richard Dawkins

I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude. – Imelda Marcos

A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it. – Zora Neale Hurston

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time. – Arthur Ashe

I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything. – Michael Phelps

Time always seems long to the child who is waiting – for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day. – Dag Hammarskjold

Time is bunk. – Douglas Adams