“All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.”
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“Young poets bewail the passing of love old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.”
“There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.”
“The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.”
“The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.”
“We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.”
“When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.”
“I'm being treated like a sex object, cried the lady. No matter. I will take care of it, said Time soothingly.”
“I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.”
“It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.”
“People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters.”
“So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.”
“Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent it from changing too rapidly.”
“I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.”
“We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.”
“You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.”
“We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States will go forward over time.”
“Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.”
“When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.”
“Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.”
“Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.”
“Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.”
“I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came to the end, the more difficult it got. You don't see things clearly as long as you're still involved.”
“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.”