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 a dimension like the others."
Paul Atreides
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"Time is the quality that makes change possible."
Shevek
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"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."
Ford Prefect
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"The future is a thing which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"The past has a way of catching up with us."
Dr. John Watson
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"Time moves forward but memory holds us back"
Takver
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"We are all prisoners here, of time."
Takver
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"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."
Ford Prefect
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"Time is a resource, like energy. Once spent, it cannot be recovered"
Shevek
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"I'm aware now that I can never go back to what I was. The past is a closed door."
Charlie Gordon
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"Time moves differently in the mind than in the world."
Charlie Gordon
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"Time is the substance of change"
Shevek
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"Time is the only real property"
Takver
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"Time flows backward in memory, forward in hope"
Takver
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"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."
Ford Prefect
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"The past always catches up with us."
Justice Wargrave
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"Time is of the essence."
Jack Crawford
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"The past lives within us, shaping every decision we make."
Sophie Neveu
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"The reality of time is that duration is real"
Shevek
C
"Time moves differently when your mind expands beyond normal limits"
Charlie Gordon
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"The world is not yet sufficiently advanced to see the wisdom of such actions"
Dr. John Watson
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"Time is the one thing we cannot manufacture"
Shevek
C
"Tomorrow I may forget today, but today I remember everything."
Charlie Gordon
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"Time isn't passing. Passing is what time does."
Shevek
C
"Each day I'm losing what I gained so quickly."
Charlie Gordon
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"The shadow grows longer as the day passes."
Dr. John Watson
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"Time is the substance I am made of."
Shevek
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"A long series of sterile weeks occurred, in which I tasted only too well the truth of my observation."
Dr. John Watson
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"If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it."
The Alchemist
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"Time is a gift."
Hannibal Lecter