968 private quotes tagged time

“October is a fine and dangerous season in America. a wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every course in the catalogue looks wonderful.” — Thomas Merton

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“You never give away your heart you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take it back without asking?” — Jeanette Winterson

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“You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.” — Neil Gaiman

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“No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.” — Henry A. Kissinger

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“And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.” — Jesus Christ

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“Our enemies can deal a blow to us any time they wish. They did not wait for permission to do this. They do not deal a blow with prior notice. They do not take action because they can't.” — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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“Any time you think you have the game conquered, the game will turn around and punch you right in the nose.” — Mike Schmidt

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“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

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“I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.” — Orson Welles

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“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” — James A. Baldwin

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“A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney', but I embrace the fact. I just had such a wonderful time doing that show. I learned what a camera and prop is, and all that. I learned my manners too, so I guess that's a good thing!” — Selena Gomez

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“People who don't know me have opinions about me. That's the part that's very hurtful. Because how do you form an opinion about somebody if you've never met them or spent any time with them? So it's all based upon hearsay or things that they've read.” — Rick Barry

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“My restaurants are never opened on Thanksgiving; I want my staff to spend time with their family if they can. My feeling is, if I can't figure out how to make money the rest of the year so that my workers can enjoy the holidays, then I don't deserve to be an owner.” — Michael Symon

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“We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus but our ideas about Santa Claus change, mature and become more nuanced, whereas our ideas of God can remain at a rather infantile level.” — Karen Armstrong

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“If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.” — Alice Duer Miller

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“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” — Albert Schweitzer

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“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.” — Joel A. Barker

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“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” — Thomas Merton

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“I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.” — Robert Brault

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“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” — Andy Warhol

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“For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.” — Michelle Obama

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“The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.” — Charles Stanley

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“Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.” — Thomas Hardy

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“When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the 'freedom of the press' goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.” — Vladimir Lenin

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“Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.” — Sydney J. Harris

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