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Late Quotes

On timing, second chances, and knowing when it's too late.

These quotes look at lateness from several angles—the reassurance that starting fresh is possible at any age, an older historical reference to a delayed arrival, and wry lines about timing that shows up too early or too late to matter. See our life quotes for more.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

Agatha Christie

To be stuck with that Kardashian label, that was so hurtful to me and to my career. I probably realized that too late - not that it would've affected my decisions in terms of who I dated, but it would've...

Quotes by Adrienne Bailon

In the late '60s, there were the the three B's: The Beatles, Batman, and Bond.

Quotes by Adam West

Once when I went over my work with my Washington University professor, the late great Stanley Elkin, he pointed to a passage of mine and said: 'Stop vamping.' It has remained a caution.

Quotes by Adam Ross

Always Quotes

I remember my mom let me stay up late and watch Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan compete in the 1998 Olympic Games. I made paper medals and wore them the whole night. I didn't start skating until 2000, but I...

Quotes by Adam Rippon

My job means I work late.

Quotes by Adam Levine

Late 19th-century America was basically a plutocratic enterprise while people toiled in mines and died of coal dust poisoning.

Quotes by Adam Conover

We're bigger now than we were in the late 70s when we were peaking.

Quotes by Ace Frehley

I don't see this planet being... they're talking about how they're turning around the environmental problems here, but I think it's already too late.

Quotes by Ace Frehley

Life Quotes

When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I...

Quotes by Aaron Patzer

One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.

Quotes by Aaron McGruder

At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.

Quotes by Zebulon Pike

I'm compulsively on time. It drives me insane when people are late.

Quotes by Zach Gilford

I was a late bloomer. I was a kinda shy little kid, definitely a child of the dark side. I wanted to play guitar and be in a rock band.

Quotes by Yul Vazquez

Like Quotes

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late.

Quotes by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Orson Welles was lazy. He was a late bloomer.

Quotes by Xavier Dolan

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours.

Quotes by William Wordsworth

I lived in Georgetown in the late '70s about four houses down from the steps.

Quotes by William Peter Blatty

I've often wondered about people that come to the profession late in life. I've wanted to be an actor since the first grade. I watched a play being performed by the third grade class, and it was... magic.

Quotes by William Christopher

Me Quotes

When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources without there being consequences. But I was alone in my thinking in those days.

Quotes by William Clay Ford, Jr.

Frequently Asked Questions

What different senses of "late" appear in these quotes?
This page's quotes look at 'late' in different ways: it's never too late to try something new (except maybe ballet), a historical account of a late visit by the Spaniards, a short poetic line about timing, and a reflection on how progress is rare because what looks like early food can turn out to be late poison.
Is there a quote about it never being too late to try something new?
Yes: "I think it's never too late to start anything, except maybe being a ballerina."
Does a quote reference a historical account involving Spaniards?
Yes, presented exactly as the quote states it, without added historical context beyond the text itself: "At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards."
Is there a short poetic quote about timing?
Yes: "Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers."
Where can I find more quotes about life and moving forward?
For more, see our Life and Never quotes pages.

For related themes on second chances, browse our always and me quotes.