“Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.”
Time is the one resource you cannot earn more of. These quotes explore how we spend it, waste it, treasure it, and try to slow it down — and the universal human experience of realizing too late that a particular moment mattered more than you thought.
“If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.”
“Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.”
“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.”
“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.”
“Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.”
“A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.”
“It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.”
“Don't wait. The time will never be just right.”
“Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.”
“I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.”
“As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.”
“I passionately hate the idea of being with it I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.”
“Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.”
“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.”
“If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties.”
“For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I'm human and I'm normal - well, semi-normal.”