Quotes about time
261 quotes from 169 people
The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.
Stephen Kingborn 1947The Green Mile (1996)
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s Almanack
C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Great DivorceTime is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
Hector Berlioz1803–1869Letter written in November 1856, published in Pierre Citron (ed.) Correspondance générale (Paris: Flammarion, 1989) vol. 5, p. 390; Paul Davies About Time: Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996) p. 214.- ?UnattributedOften credited to Thomas Edison
- C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Four Loves (1960), Ch. VI
John F. Kennedy1917–1963“Address in New York City to the National Association of Manufacturers (496),” December 5, 1961, Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy, 1961.
Thomas Paine1737–1809Common Sense, First published 10 January 1776, the most commonly reproduced edition is the third, published on 14 February 1776In contextHe who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.
