More quotations tagged with “time”
All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.
—Baltasar Gracián
The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
—Abraham Lincoln
Time would not change what I was feeling—or not feeling. I'd had time, and though the ache from his desertion hadn't disappeared, it was decreasing. My future was blurry, yes, but I was beginning to imagine a future when I would no longer miss him at all.
—Tammara Webber in Easy
Most couples get married because it's time, not because they're in love. They might have money issues, parental pressure, or they're simply tired of being alone—so they pick Mr. Good Enough and tie the knot.
—H.M. Ward in The Wedding Contract
My wife and I tried two to three times in the last forty years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable that we had to stop.
—Winston Churchill