Time Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about time.

Pliny the Younger

Pliny the Younger

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The happier the times, the sooner they pass.

Juan Rulfo

Juan Rulfo

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And you and I and everyone know that time is heavier than the heaviest burden a man can bear.

Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg

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Time is the currency of your life. You must spend it. Don't let others spend it for you.

Saint Teresa of Jesus

Saint Teresa of Jesus

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It is a joy for me to hear the clock ticking: I see an hour of my life go by and I believe I am a little closer to God.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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Let's not waste any of our time; maybe there were more beautiful ones, but this is ours.

Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag

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Time exists so that not everything happens at the same time... and space exists so that not everything happens to you.

Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer

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Time: what men always try to kill, but ends up killing them.

Elsa Triolet

Elsa Triolet

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The only function of time is to consume itself: it burns without leaving ashes.