Quotes about time
261 quotes from 169 people
Rachel Carson1907–1964Speech at Scripps College (June 1962)- Rachel Carson1907–1964Silent Spring (1962)
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons, June 18, 1940 “War Situation”.Yesterday is yesterday. If we try to recapture it, we will only lose tomorrow.
Bill Clintonborn 1946President Clinton’s speech at the 200th anniversary of the University of North Carolina.
Colette1873–1954La Fin de Chéri (The Last of Cheri) (1926) (tr. Roger Senhouse)Defer not till tomorrow to be wise,
Tomorrow’s sun to thee may never rise.
William Congreve1670–1729“Letter to Cobham”, line 61The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.
Time’s a strange fellow;
more he gives than takes
(and he takes all)
E. E. Cummings1894–196295 poems (1958), 78
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lamaborn 1935Official twitter page of the Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Tweet from 8. April 2019 11:30 amWhat is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1900–1944Citadelle or The Wisdom of the Sands (1948)
