Timing Quotes - Page 9

• Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks. The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.

  Abbie Hoffman

  College, Race, Two

  Abbie Hoffman (1971). “The "steal Yourself Rich" Book”

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• My timing is off. But I had to get it out. Some things you have to tell, no matter how stupid they may sound. Some things you can't save for later. There might not be a later.

  Mary E. Pearson

  Stupid, Sound, May

  Mary E. Pearson (2009). “The Adoration of Jenna Fox”, p.168, Macmillan

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• The sad truth is, if you push hard enough, and if you’re so stubborn that you must have things your way, God will sometimes allow you to undertake a project without His blessing or at the wrong time. The problem with that, of course, is when you start something in your own strength and in your own timing, you’re going to have to finish it and maintain it in your own strength.

  Joel Osteen

  Blessing, Stubborn, Way

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• And for one second, it was like I could feel the timing clicking together, finally pieces falling into place.

  Sarah Dessen

  Fall, Together, Pieces

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.336, Penguin

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• At the thought of being eaten by rats, Despereaux forgot about being brave. He forgot about not being a disappointment. He felt himself heading into another faint. But his mother, who had an excellent sense of dramatic timing, beat him to it; she executed a beautiful, flawless swoon, landing right at Despereaux's feet.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Beautiful, Mother, Disappointment

  Kate DiCamillo (2009). “The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread”, p.64, Candlewick Press

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• There is no present or future-only the past, happening over and over again-now.

  Eugene O'Neill

  Time, Memories, Future

  Bhagwat S. Goyal, Eugene O'Neill (1975). “The Strategy of Survival: Human Significance of O'Neill's Plays”, Ghaziabad : Vimal Prakashan

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• Patient endurance permits us to cling to our faith in the Lord and our faith in His timing when we are being tossed about by the surf of circumstance. Even when a seeming undertow grasps us, somehow, in the tumbling, we are being carried forward, though battered and bruised.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Endurance, Tumbling, Surf

  Neal A. Maxwell (1991). “Men and Women of Christ”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• The timing of the electrical failure seemed dramatic and perfectly correct, as if the lights had said, "You have no need for sight. Listen.

  Ann Patchett

  Light, Sight, Needs

  Ann Patchett (2009). “Bel Canto”, p.2, Harper Collins

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• Some calamities - the 1929 stock market crash, Pearl Harbor, 9/11 - have come like summer lightning, as bolts from the blue. The looming crisis of America's Ponzi entitlement structure is different. Driven by the demographics of an aging population, its causes, timing and scope are known.

  George Will

  Summer, Blue, America

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• The essential ingredient of politics is timing.

  Pierre Trudeau

  Aquariums, Essentials, Politics

  "The Rainmaker : A Passion for Politics" by Keith Davey, (p. 57), 1986.

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• Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.

  Gene Tierney

  Actors, Gary

  Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden

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• Coming into the music industry, even when I was a kid, one thing I learned is timing is everything. You being prepared is everything.

  Kelly Rowland

  Inspiring, Kids, Music Industry

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• The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.

  Knute Rockne

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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• As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing.

  Carol Burnett

  Wonderful, Dharma, Sitcom

  "Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character". PBS Interview, www.pbs.org. August 24, 2008.

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• There has certainly been criticism of the timing involved in getting help to the victims of the storm, and much of it may indeed be warranted. However, this is not the time for pointing fingers; rather, it is the time for offering a helping hand to our neighbors in need.

  Jo Bonner

  Offering, Hands, Storm

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• It's not over until it's over.

  Yogi Berra

  Time, Memories, Anticipation

  "SPORTS OF THE TIMES; 'Any Scoop On Billy?'". Interview with Dave Anderson, www.nytimes.com. May 8, 1986.

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• For after all what is man in nature? A nothing in relation to infinity, all in relation to nothing, a central point between nothing and all and infinitely far from understanding either. The ends of things and their beginnings are impregnably concealed from him in an impenetrable secret. He is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness out of which he was drawn and the infinite in which he is engulfed.

  Blaise Pascal

  Life, Time, Nature

  "Pensées" by Blaise Pascal, (Section II: The Misery of Man without God), 1669.

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• Some things arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever.

  Gail Godwin

  Time, Memories, Forever

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• At times I think and at times I am.

  Paul Valery

  Time, Memories, Thinking

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• The gardener's work is never at at end; it begins with the year, and continues to the next: he prepares the ground, and then he sows it; after that he plants, and then he gathers the fruits.

  John Evelyn

  Time, Memories, Work

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• Finally here, Imma star with the timing. My swagger is chill and my flow is reclining.

  Drake

  Stars, Humble, Cocky

  Song: Do What You Do

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• The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.

  Leontyne Price

  Life, Success, Time

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• My sense is that the most under-appreciated-and perhaps most under-researched-linkages between forests and food security are the roles that forest-based ecosystem services play in underpinning sustainable agricultural production. Forests regulate hydrological services including the quantity, quality, and timing of water available for irrigation. Forest-based bats and bees pollinate crops. Forests mitigate impacts of climate change and extreme weather events at the landscape scale.

  Frances Ford Seymour

  Science, Impact, Ecosystems

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• I needed to do my current job well, keep preparing, and wait on God's timing. I needed to trust His leadership rather than try to force an outcome I wanted.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Jobs

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.89, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I admit that I sometimes climbed on other fellows' backs. But I used to watch the flight of the ball perhaps more than the other fellow did. Perfect timing, a deep breath and a natural spring then helped me to get above them.

  Roy Cazaly

  Sports, Spring, Perfect

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