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Five-Minute Quotes

How little time it takes to change everything.

These five-minute quotes make the case that a short window can decide everything — a single Argument with an average voter, or one phone call that turns into a recruiting pitch.

I live in Las Vegas with my family, and I never realized what my parents would go through to get me to a five-minute audition.

Quotes by Adam Hicks

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Winston Churchill

I had played in a tournament with the captain of the University of Minnesota's golf team, and he thought I was good. He called his coach, and the coach called me and recruited me. A five-minute phone call changed my...

Quotes by Tom Lehman

The best meeting I ever went to was a meeting in France where the talk slots were 60 minutes long, but you were told to prepare a five-minute talk. It was absolutely great because the entire talk was a conversation...

Quotes by Tim Hunt

Argument Quotes

I was very interested in vaudeville. It was the only sort of discipline that was a five-minute act on stage, which is what I really enjoyed and saw myself doing. And I bought books on it.

Steve Martin

Time can be dissected easily: an hour can be cut up in many ways. Fifteen minutes on this memo, a five-minute walk to another meeting, 30 minutes at that meeting and then 10 minutes debriefing. Oh, and maybe a quick...

Quotes by Sendhil Mullainathan

Car-essential is a real turn-off to me, so yeah, I just want a friendly holiday resort with a villa and a pool, but which is really private, but there again, there's a supermarket and a doctor's and a beach a...

Quotes by Robert Webb

On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.

Quotes by Rachel Zoe

I think in 'Rocky IV' there are three montages with three five-minute songs, which is insane. You can't do that today.

Quotes by Ludwig Goransson

Beauty Quotes

It's impossible to explain to people who you are in a five-minute interview on TV.

Quotes by Ludivine Sagnier

I've made a five-minute video on 'The Battering of Hillary Clinton.'

Quotes by Lee Grant

I like getting to the meat of things. You can't get it in a five-minute interview. I like to hone a person. I like to make eye contact.

Quotes by Larry King

Once I walked out of my house into to the Puerto Rican Day parade. It was usually a five-minute walk to work, but that day it took me a half-hour to get to 30 Rock.

Quotes by Jason Sudeikis

When people say, 'How did you start in comedy,' I say my family was kidnapped by ninjas when I was very young, and to get them released I had to do a killer five-minute set. And even after I did...

Quotes by Hannibal Buress

Best Quotes

I go to frozen pizza or soy chicken nuggets when I need a five-minute meal.

Quotes by Christina Applegate

As a book editor, you need to pitch every one of your books again and again, dozens of times, for months on end. From a quick conversation with your boss or a letter that'll be read by just one person,...

Quotes by Chris Pavone

George M. is where I met my dear friend Joel Grey. We connected at rehearsal one day during a five-minute break. We were both looking out the same window and we knew in five minutes that we'd made a connection.

Quotes by Bernadette Peters

If I'm coaching at my academy, and we were drilling the front headlock, we don't just say, 'OK, now go five-minute goes,' because how many tries are they gonna get at going at the front headlock position?

Quotes by Ben Askren

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the theme running through these five-minute quotes?
How a short window of time can change everything — a phone call that leads to a scholarship, a talk trimmed down to its essentials, or a brief but pointed conversation.
Why do people search for five-minute quotes?
The number gives a concrete, relatable frame for how little time is sometimes needed to make a real impression or decision.
Is there a quote about public speaking here?
Yes, one describes a meeting where every talk was trimmed to five minutes despite a 60-minute slot, calling it one of the best meetings ever attended.
Do any quotes connect to career or sports?
One recalls how a five-minute phone call from a coach, prompted by a recommendation, turned into a recruiting opportunity.
Is there a page exploring a similar idea?
Our Argument quotes touch on a similar idea — how a short exchange can prove or disprove a whole position.

One entry recalls a talk trimmed down to five minutes inside a much longer slot, calling it the Best meeting they ever attended. See our Boss quotes for more on making the most of limited time.