Time Quotes

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

20900 quotes

"The possible shapes of our tomorrows depend upon what we choose to do today."
Audre Lorde
"Seeds saved by farmers represent centuries of selection for local conditions and needs."
Vandana Shiva
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"Time is a resource that has been systematically stolen from the oppressed."
Angela Davis
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"Time is precious because it is limited; we must spend it on what truly matters."
Angela Davis
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"Time is the one resource that's truly finite - we cannot waste it on half-measures."
Naomi Klein
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"Time is the one commodity no revolution can buy back."
Arundhati Roy
"The only thing we have to work with is time, and we're running out of it."
Bill McKibben
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"The earth is patient, but our time is running out."
Winona LaDuke
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"We have a very narrow window of time to address climate change."
James Hansen
J
"The time for half-measures has passed."
James Hansen
J
"Time is the most precious resource we have."
James Hansen
"We are running out of time, but time is what we make of it."
Bill McKibben
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"Time is the one thing we can never get back, which is why we must use it wisely."
Arundhati Roy
A
"Every moment contains the seed of infinite possibility."
Arundhati Roy
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"We are running out of time and you need to know that."
Greta Thunberg
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"You have to understand the urgency of this moment."
Greta Thunberg
G
"Time is the greatest luxury we don't have."
Greta Thunberg
"We are living through the most important moment in human history."
Bill McKibben
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"Time is the one resource we cannot manufacture or recover."
Naomi Klein
"Real sustainability is measured in generations, not in quarterly profits."
Vandana Shiva
J
"Every ton of carbon dioxide we emit today will affect the climate for centuries."
James Hansen
J
"Time is our most precious resource and it's running out."
James Hansen
"We've been living off the future for a long time now, and eventually, you've got to pay the bills."
Bill McKibben
"We must move from thinking globally and acting locally to thinking generationally and acting immediately."
Bill McKibben
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"What we do in the next few years will determine the future of humanity."
Greta Thunberg
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"Time is the only currency we cannot earn more of."
Arundhati Roy
J
"The greatest tragedy would be to understand the problem too late to do anything about it."
James Hansen
J
"The climate crisis is the defining challenge of our time."
James Hansen
J
"We have a narrow window - the decisions we make in the next few years will echo through the centuries."
James Hansen
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"Time is a precious gift we often waste."
Leopold Sédar Senghor