Late Quotes - Page 17

• I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.

  Jonathan Swift

  Good Morning, Good Day, Greatness

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• Banking is a very treacherous business because you don't realize it is risky until it is too late. It is like calm waters that deliver huge storms.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Water, Storm, Too Late

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• The late Estee Lauder says you can never wear white shoes after Labor Day. But of course, in today's world, that does not exist.

  Andre Leon Talley

  Shoes, White, Labor Day

  "A history of the little black dress" by Ann Hoevel, www.cnn.com. October 2, 2012.

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• Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Too Late, World, Beyond The Stars

  "Ulysses" l. 55 (1842)

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• You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you are grateful.

  Paul Theroux

  Funny, Travel, Grateful

  Paul Theroux (2011). “To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels of Paul Theroux”, p.85, Ivy Books

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• If Sunday is the Lord's day, then Saturday belongs to the Devil. It is the only night of the week when he gives out Free passes to the Late show at the Too Much Fun Club.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Fun, Sunday, Night

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness”, p.63, Pan Macmillan

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• It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Giving Up, Learning

  Henry David Thoreau, Nancy L. Rosenblum (1996). “Thoreau: Political Writings”, p.27, Cambridge University Press

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• It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of today.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Important, Too Late, Literature

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Selected Essays of Henry David Thoreau”, p.167, Simon and Schuster

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• Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become a dentist or an accountant, it's too late to become a musician afterwards.

  Peter Tork

  Musician, Energy, Too Late

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• So what really works? Treatments in jail do some good, but it's mostly too late: finding a family and a job or just growing older make most prisoners eventually give up crime.

  Polly Toynbee

  Jobs, Giving Up, Jail

  "It is not fanciful to make the pursuit of happiness a political imperative" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2006.

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• Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late.

  Mark Twain

  Inspiration, Thinking, Twenties

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• Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.

  John Updike

  Success, Writing, Decay

  John Updike's acceptance speech for Edward MacDowell Medal, as quoted in New York Times, August 26, 1981.

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• Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

  Bill Vaughan

  Motivational, Christmas, New Year

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• I was a bed wetter till very late. My mom used to hang my sheets out the window to dry, and I'd have to run home from school in order to beat the other kids to my house so they wouldn't see them.

  Vince Vaughn

  Mom, Running, Home

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• When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead.

  Judith Viorst

  Women, Lying, Dinner

  Judith Viorst (2014). “When Did I Stop Being Twenty and Other Injustices”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• To whom it may concern: It is springtime. It is late afternoon.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Hipster, Afternoon, Literature

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• The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King himself and to endeavor by his personal influence to procure a favorable reception to this last address.

  Mercy Otis Warren

  Kings, Pennsylvania, Agents

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• The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.

  J. C. Watts

  Believe, Decision, Black

  "J.C. Watts Warns of GOP Catastrophe Amongst African-Americans" by Jonathan Stein, www.motherjones.com. October 24, 2007.

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• Limit or eliminate late-night computer and television viewing. A computer or TV screen may seem much dimmer than a light bulb, but these screens often fill your field of vision, mimicking the effects of a room filled with light.

  Andrew Weil

  Night, Light, Vision

  "Sleep Tips For A Younger, More Vibrant You" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• I've been having this really weird anxiety dream about arriving too late or too early, and the people in charge are like, 'You have to leave! You have to go back to the hotel and get ready!' And I use the wrong exit, and I'm running down the red carpet in ­pyjamas, like, 'No! Don't look at me!'

  Florence Welch

  Running, Dream, People

  "The unstoppable rise of Florence Welch". Interview with John Harris, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2010.

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• I've never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies... Egotism and laziness. And they're all lit like television shows.

  Orson Welles

  Television, Laziness, American Movie

  "Orson Welles' criticisms of fellow actors and directors found on lost tapes" by Dalya Alberge, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2013.

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• You know, I always was an early morning or late night writer. Early morning was my favorite; late night was because you had a deadline. And at four in the morning you make up some of your most absurd jokes.

  Joss Whedon

  Morning, Night, Four

  "Joss Whedon Talks THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, THE AVENGERS, His Writing Process, Comic-Con, Collecting and More". Interview with Steve Weintraub, collider.com. April 5, 2012.

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• Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Life, Death

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 3 (1891)

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• I'm a bit hesitant to do anything because I'm actually kind of lazy and I'd like an easier life from now on. The world's a massive place with lots of early mornings and late starts when you're working.

  Robbie Williams

  Morning, Lazy, World

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• I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Change, Book, Too Late

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