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 is the canvas upon which life is painted."
Max Delbrück
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"Time is our most precious resource."
Max Delbrück
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"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going"
Hermann Muller
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"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now"
Hermann Muller
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"The future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow"
Hermann Muller
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"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough"
Hermann Muller
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"Time is the greatest gift we can give to others."
Oswald Avery
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"Time is the most democratic resource; everyone receives equal measure."
Oswald Avery
"Time spent in pursuit of knowledge is never wasted time."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
"Every moment is an opportunity to learn something new."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
"Time is the greatest teacher, and regret is its lesson."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
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"In science, as in life, the journey matters as much as the destination."
Oswald Avery
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"Nature's experiments span billions of years of wisdom."
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
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"Science advances through the accumulation of careful observations."
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
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"Time in the laboratory moves differently than time in the world outside."
Alfred Hershey
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"Time spent in careful observation is never wasted."
Alfred Hershey
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"Time spent understanding one thing deeply teaches lessons about all things."
Alfred Hershey
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"Time is the most precious resource in research, and the least renewable."
Alfred Hershey
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"Time reveals what hastiness conceals."
Hermann Muller
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"The inheritance of traits is the inheritance of time itself."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"In the crossing of traits, we see the hand of time made visible."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
"Time is the most precious resource—use it to serve understanding."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
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"The gene is eternal, the organism is temporary."
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"Heredity is the link between past and future."
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"The gene persists while individuals pass away."
Wilhelm Johannsen
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"Inheritance is the conversation between past and future in the present moment."
Oswald Avery
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"The hereditary principle connects us to all past and all future generations."
Oswald Avery
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"To study nature is to study time itself."
Sydney Brenner
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"Time in the laboratory is never wasted, even when experiments fail."
Alfred Hershey
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"Progress in science is measured not in years but in accumulated understanding."
Alfred Hershey