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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"Causation seems to flow forward in time, yet physics allows it to flow backward."
Schaffer, Jonathan
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"The four-dimensionalist sees objects as extended in time; the three-dimensionalist sees them as persisting."
Schaffer, Jonathan
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"Objects change their properties yet remain the same; this is philosophically scandalous."
Schaffer, Jonathan
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"Time moves differently for those who understand its value."
Smith, Barry
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"Time is the one investment we cannot recover."
Smith, Barry
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"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent."
Rosen, Gideon
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"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."
Perry, John
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"The eternal life belongs to those who live in the present."
Wittgenstein, Richard
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"Time is the only currency we cannot earn back, so spend it consciously."
Smith, Barry
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"Time spent with someone you love is the highest form of wealth."
Smith, Barry
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"Time itself might be less fundamental than we assume."
Schaffer, Jonathan
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"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana."
Kaplan, David
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"Carpe diem. Seize the day."
Kaplan, David
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"Time does not heal all wounds; understanding does."
Perry, John
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"Time is the one thing we cannot buy back."
Perry, John
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"Time spent questioning authority is time well invested in human freedom."
Chomsky, Noam
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"Time is the one resource we cannot recover, making its use an ethical matter."
Chomsky, Noam
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"Time does not heal all wounds; rather, it teaches us how to carry them with grace."
Smith, Barry
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"Time reveals that change is not an illusion but the fabric of reality."
Schaffer, Jonathan
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"The present moment is privileged not by appearance but by its unique relation to becoming."
Schaffer, Jonathan
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"The nature of time remains one of philosophy's most enduring puzzles."
Kaplan, David
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"If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present."
Wittgenstein, Richard
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"The impossibility of descending into the same river twice is the essence of temporality."
Wittgenstein, Richard
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"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Perry, John
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"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life."
Perry, John
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"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."
Perry, John
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"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life."
Burge, Tyler
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"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Burge, Tyler
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"Time flies when you're making memories."
Burge, Tyler
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"Memory is the archive where meaning accumulates over a lifetime."
Katz, Jerrold