time Quotes

We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

If the rate of expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand million million, it would have recollapsed before it reached its present size. On the other hand, if it had been greater by a part in a million, the universe would have expanded too rapidly for stars and planets to form.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting and want to jot things down, I bring my Tablet PC. It's fully synchronized with my office machine, so I have all the files I need. It also has a note-taking piece of software called OneNote, so all my notes are in digital form.

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.

Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful.