Time Quotes

We all get the same 24 hours. These quotes explore what we do with them and why it matters.

20900 quotes

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"Youth is something I've lost. Hollywood took it from me."
Norma Desmond
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"The past never really leaves you."
Norma Desmond
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"I don't live in the past. The past lives in me."
Norma Desmond
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"Time is the only enemy I've never defeated."
Norma Desmond
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"In this business, your past has a way of catching up with you."
Joe Gillis
J
"Time doesn't heal anything in Hollywood. It just makes you more desperate."
Joe Gillis
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"Time reveals what deception tries to hide."
Elena Montero
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"The most important thing is not to think too much about the past."
Charles Foster Kane
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"I was always chasing tomorrow and never enjoyed today."
Charles Foster Kane
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"Time is precious—waste it not on trivial pursuits."
Zorro
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"Every moment is a chance to change your destiny."
Zorro
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"I wish I could go back and do it all differently."
Susan Alexander
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"Time is the only honest accountant of our lives."
Jedediah Leland
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"The young believe they have all the time in the world."
Jedediah Leland
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"Time waits for no man, and it shows mercy to none."
Jedediah Leland
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"I remember a time when I was beautiful."
Norma Desmond
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"The world has forgotten how to recognize greatness."
Norma Desmond
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"The past holds all my greatest moments."
Norma Desmond
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"Time has not aged me, only refined me."
Norma Desmond
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"I refuse to accept the passage of time."
Norma Desmond
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"Time is the one thing we cannot buy back, so spend it wisely."
Elena Montero
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"Time moves faster than we realize; cherish each moment."
Elena Montero
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"Time moves slowly when you wait for justice, but justice always comes."
Zorro
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"Time waits for no one, so act with purpose always."
Zorro
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"I'd like to have seen Vienna before the first World War."
Charles Foster Kane
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"I've got everything a man could want except time."
Charles Foster Kane
C
"I've spent my whole life collecting things - maybe I should have collected moments."
Charles Foster Kane
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"Time moves differently for those who are waiting."
Jedediah Leland
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"Time is the only honest judge of our actions."
Jedediah Leland
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"I was just a girl when I met him. Everything happened so fast."
Susan Alexander