Clock Quotes
clock | December 7, 2009There are many in this old world of ours who hold that things break about even for all of us. I have observed, for example, that we all get the same amount of ice. The rich get it in the summertime and the poor get it in the winter.
- Bat Masterson
clock | December 6, 2009I went on a diet - had to go on two diets at the same time 'cause one diet wasn't giving me enough food.
- Barry Marter
clock | December 5, 2009Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood. But everyone has something to give.
- Barbara Bush
clock | December 4, 2009We measure success and depth by length of time, but it is possible to have a deep relationship that doesn't always stay the same.
- Barbara Hershey
clock | December 3, 2009May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery.
- Baron Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (1897-1974)
clock | December 2, 2009I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning I say: What is my exciting thing for today? Then, I do the day. Don't ask me about tomorrow.
- Barbara Charline Jordan (b. 1936)
clock | December 1, 2009Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
- Baltasar Gracian
clock | November 30, 2009Ninety percent of the time things turn out worse than you thought they would. The other ten percent of the time you had no right to expect that much.
- Augustine of Hippo
clock | November 29, 2009Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
- Francois Auguste Rene Rodin
clock | November 28, 2009Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
clock | November 27, 2009The time comes when you realize that you haven't only been specializing in something - something has been specializing in you.
- Arthur Miller
clock | November 26, 2009So. The time has come for me to get my kite flying, stretch out in the sun, kick off my shoes, and speak my piece. 'The days of struggle are over,' I should be able to say. 'I can look back now and tell myself I don't have a single regret.' But I do. Many.
- Arthur Marx
clock | November 25, 2009There comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
clock | November 24, 2009All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
- Arthur Christopher Benson
clock | November 23, 2009Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
- Arthur C. Clarke
clock | November 22, 2009Readjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another.
- Arthur C. Benson
clock | November 21, 2009Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.
- Art Buchwald
clock | November 20, 2009I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage. I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.
- Arsenio Hall
clock | November 19, 2009America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.
- Arnold Joseph Toynbee
clock | November 18, 2009Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.
- Arnold H. Glasgow