Quotes about Time

Nature abhors the old, and old age seems the only disease; all others run into this one.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Many [Western Christians] habitually think and act as if there is no eternity. . . . We major in the momentary and minor in the momentous.

I remember the time an older man asked me when I was young, "Do you know what you are doing now?" I thought it was some kind of trick question. Tell me," I said. You are building your memories," he replied, "so make them good ones.

Time is the brush of God, as he paints his masterpiece on the heart of humanity.

I am Nigel 'Benjamin Button' Benn, it's not about age.

Any man can call time out, but no man can say how long the time out will be.

How carefully would I atone, if I might, for the time I have lost!

It's easier to make art for a society at a certain point in time with an understanding of what's going on.

The world does not have time to be with the poor, to learn with the poor, to listen to the poor. To listen to the poor is an exercise of great discipline, but such listening surely is what is required if charity is not to become a hatred of the poor for being poor.

Prison is essentially a shortage of space made up for by a surplus of time; to an inmate, both are palpable.

Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.