Quotes about time
261 quotes from 169 people
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s AlmanackTime passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Andy Warhol1928–1987The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975), Ch. 7: TimeThe best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
I’ve seen the future, and it’s much like the present—only longer.
Edmund Burke1729–1797Letter to a Member of the National Assembly (1791), Volume IV, p. 55.
Kahlil Gibran1883–1931The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul (1994), Children of Gods, Scions of ApesBut what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881Sybil (1845), Book I, Chapter 2.Like as the waves make towards
the pebbl’d shore, so do our minutes hasten to their end.
