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 spent in wisdom's pursuit is time invested in eternity."
Church, Alonzo
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"Time is the measure of all things; understanding time is understanding existence."
Poincaré, Henri
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"Time is the canvas on which the universe paints eternity."
Whitehead, Alfred North
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"Time is not merely a container for events; it structures thought itself."
Dummett, Michael
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"The whole of this cycle is set in such a way that the values keep increasing in a certain direction as time passes."
Turing, Alan
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"The nature of time remains one of philosophy's great challenges."
Dummett, Michael
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"Realism about the future is conceptually incoherent."
Dummett, Michael
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"No event is absorbed into the past; it remains eternally present in the form of a decided actuality."
Whitehead, Alfred North
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"Time is nature's way of preventing everything from happening at once."
Whitehead, Alfred North
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"Time is a human construction."
Gödel, Kurt
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"Time is the most valuable thing we have."
Jackson, Frank
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"Every moment is a fresh beginning."
Jackson, Frank
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"Time consciousness is fundamental to human existence and cannot be derived from physical processes."
Nagel, Thomas
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"The practical problem is how rapidly the machine can be expected to acquire knowledge on such topics."
Turing, Alan
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"Time itself may be an illusion created by the structure of our minds."
Gödel, Kurt
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"Time is not a dimension in space but a fundamental feature of our experience and understanding."
Dummett, Michael
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"Time is the currency we spend most recklessly yet cannot replenish"
Jackson, Frank
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"Time accelerates as we age because we map less of it consciously onto memory"
Jackson, Frank
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"Time is our most precious resource because it is finite."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Time is the medium through which all meaning unfolds."
Jackson, Frank
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"The present moment is all we ever truly possess."
Jackson, Frank
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"Time is the one currency we cannot earn back, only spend wisely."
Jackson, Frank
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"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life"
Wisdom, John
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"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now"
Wisdom, John
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"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment"
Wisdom, John
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"To dismiss virtue as old-fashioned is often to dismiss wisdom accumulated over centuries."
Foot, Philippa
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"Time is not a line but a web of interconnected moments."
Davidson, Donald
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"The present moment is the only place where life truly happens."
Davidson, Donald
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"Time is the medium in which we sculpt our lives."
Wisdom, John
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"Time does not heal; our choices during time do."
Wisdom, John