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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"Every moment is fleeting and precious."
Fred Hoyle
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"Time is the medium in which all things unfold their true nature."
Maarten Schmidt
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"Time reveals what haste conceals."
Maarten Schmidt
"Time spent in genuine inquiry is never wasted."
Antony Hewish
"In the vastness of space, every moment of understanding is precious."
Antony Hewish
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"Time is the most precious resource because once spent, it cannot be recovered."
Freeman Dyson
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"We live in a very strange universe where time seems to move in only one direction, yet our physical laws are largely reversible."
Roger Penrose
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"Time is not the simple thing we imagine it to be in everyday life."
Roger Penrose
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"Nature has patience we can barely comprehend."
Arno Penzias
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"The present moment is the only real estate we truly own."
Robert Wilson
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"Time is the ultimate luxury and the final judge."
Robert Wilson
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"Time is what prevents everything from happening at once."
John Wheeler
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"Time emerges from the ordering of events, not from some external clock."
John Wheeler
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"Time is not a fundamental feature of reality; it is emergent and subjective."
John Wheeler
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"Time is the canvas upon which all existence is painted."
Fred Hoyle
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"We inhabit a universe where the improbable becomes inevitable given time."
Fred Hoyle
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"Every atom in our body has journeyed across billions of years."
Fred Hoyle
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"The present moment contains echoes of all past time."
Fred Hoyle
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"Time is the one currency we cannot earn back or borrow against."
Robert Wilson
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"Time is the fire in which we burn."
Leon Lederman
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"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second best is now."
Leon Lederman
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"Time is our most precious resource; use it wisely."
Simon van der Meer
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"Time waits for no one; act with intention."
Simon van der Meer
"Pulsars are nature's clocks, and they taught us humility about our own understanding of time."
Antony Hewish
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"The light we detect today may have traveled for millions of years to reach us."
Arno Penzias
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"Time is the canvas upon which the events of the universe are painted."
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Carlo Rubbia
"The future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow."
Carlo Rubbia
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."
Carlo Rubbia
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"Time reveals the validity of our theories."
François Englert