Time Quotes

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

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"Time doesn't move forward when you're not paying attention to it."
David Foster Wallace
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"I love you, sure, but nothing is constant, nothing endures."
Harper Lee
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"The problem is that when you're young, you don't realize the value of your time."
Harper Lee
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"The ambitious man never has leisure because he is always looking ahead."
Norman Mailer
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"Time is the only true measure of success."
Norman Mailer
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"Time is the most valuable commodity we have."
Joseph Heller
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"The greatest gift we can give each other is our time."
Joseph Heller
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"Time waits for no one."
Joseph Heller
"Time is a construct of consciousness. Without awareness, there is no time."
Cormac McCarthy
"A man in his twenties feels the weight of his entire future."
Philip Roth
"Time is the great destroyer and the great preserver."
Philip Roth
"The hardest thing to do is to be present in the moment."
David Foster Wallace
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"The modern world has made us efficient but not wise."
Saul Bellow
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"Time is the one thing that cannot be bought back, no matter how rich you are."
Saul Bellow
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"Time is the most precious thing we waste."
Joseph Heller
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"Time flies when you're having fun, and crawls when you're suffering."
Joseph Heller
"To grow old is to accumulate regrets."
Philip Roth
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"Time is the only dimension in which we truly exist."
Norman Mailer
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"Time is the fire in which we burn."
Norman Mailer
"Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, nothing to do but miss youth."
Kurt Vonnegut
"All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist."
Kurt Vonnegut
"The future is just like the past, entered through another gate."
Kurt Vonnegut
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"Time is the fire in which we burn."
William S. Burroughs
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"Control needs time. Control feeds on time."
William S. Burroughs
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"Memory is a great betrayer."
Saul Bellow
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"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have."
Saul Bellow
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"The worst part about getting older is realizing how little you've accomplished."
Joseph Heller
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"Time is the only currency that can't be bought back."
Joseph Heller
"Time is the killer of all things."
Philip Roth
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"Every moment is a door to any other moment."
Norman Mailer