Time Quotes

We all get the same 24 hours. These quotes explore what we do with them and why it matters.

20900 quotes

O
"There is no escape. The past is dead. The future does not exist."
O'Brien
W
"Three years it must last; three years before we are dead."
Winston Smith
O
"The past is already gone. The future has not happened. There is only the present instant."
O'Brien
O
"The past is dead. The future does not exist. There is only the present moment of the Party's victory."
O'Brien
W
"The past was dead, the future was unimaginable."
Winston Smith
O
"The past is dead. The future is unwritten."
O'Brien
T
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
The Narrator
T
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"
The Narrator
T
"There is a time for living and a time for dying"
The Narrator
T
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
The Narrator
L
"Youth is the only thing worth having."
Lord Henry Wotton
L
"What is past is past. What one has to deal with is the present."
Lord Henry Wotton
T
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
The Narrator
N
"Time is a wheel, and we are caught upon it."
Nelly Dean
P
"Time has a way of healing even the deepest wounds."
Pip
I
"How small are the greatest oaks to what they were in the primeval forest!"
Ishmael
T
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
The Narrator
P
"I have had the experience of wearing this ring."
Pip
L
"What is past is of no consequence. The present is what matters."
Lord Henry Wotton
L
"The only tragedy in life is to grow old."
Lord Henry Wotton
T
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"
The Narrator
L
"What is past is of little account. The present is what counts."
Lord Henry Wotton
L
"The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young."
Lord Henry Wotton
N
"The cruelty of time cannot be outrun."
Nelly Dean
L
"What is past is of no consequence. The present is what matters."
Lord Henry Wotton
T
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
The Narrator
T
"The quiet of the rooms was broken only by the ticking of the clock"
The Narrator
M
"The time is not come yet"
Madame Defarge
G
"The past cannot be undone."
Great-Expectations Jaggers
L
"Youth! Youth! There is absolutely nothing in the world but youth!"
Lord Henry Wotton