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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"Mental content depends on history."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"Meaning depends on causal history."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"We are shaped by deep history."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"Language allows us to transcend the immediate moment and touch eternity."
Montague, Richard
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"Every definition is a battle to fix meaning in a river of change."
Montague, Richard
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"Time is the canvas upon which we paint the masterpiece of our lives."
Kaplan, David
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"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Fine, Arthur
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"Now is the winter of our discontent."
Fine, Arthur
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"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day."
Fine, Arthur
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"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."
Fine, Arthur
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"Time moves at the same pace for everyone, yet some seem to have more of it than others."
Perry, John
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"Every moment contains infinite possibility; we merely fail to see it."
Perry, John
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"Time is not a substance but a framework for understanding change."
Fine, Kit
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"Time shapes identity through continuity and change."
Fine, Kit
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"Time reveals what intention conceals."
Burge, Tyler
B
"Time is the canvas on which we paint our understanding."
Burge, Tyler
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"The past is a country we visit, not a place to live."
Fine, Arthur
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"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life."
Lewis, David
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"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift."
Lewis, David
L
"The future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow."
Lewis, David
L
"If you want to know the future, look at what you are doing in the present."
Lewis, David
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"Time is not a container."
Geach, Peter
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"Time reveals all truths."
Geach, Peter
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"Time is not a river; it is a dimension we navigate through experience."
Fine, Arthur
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"Time becomes meaningful only when we invest it in what matters."
Fine, Arthur
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"Time doesn't heal wounds; honest reflection and action do."
Lewis, David
L
"Time is the one resource you cannot negotiate, borrow, or recover."
Lewis, David
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"Every moment of hesitation is a moment of potential lost."
Fine, Arthur
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"Time is the currency we all run out of; spend it wisely."
Fine, Arthur
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"Time moves differently in memory than it does on the clock."
Fine, Kit