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These quotes look at lateness from several angles—the reassurance that starting fresh is possible at any age, an older historical reference to a delayed arrival, and wry lines about timing that shows up too early or too late to matter.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

When I was a teenager in the late 30's and early 40's, electronics wasn't a word. You were interested in radio if you were interested in electronics.

Quotes by Ken Olsen

Apologizes are pointless, regrets come too late. What matters is you can move, on you can grow.

Quotes by Kelsey Grammer

I came to success very late in life.

Quotes by Kelly Masterson

We realize too late that President Bush shouldn't have taken us into Iraq, and President Obama shouldn't have taken us out.

Quotes by Kathleen Troia McFarland

Al Qaeda attacked the U.S.S. Cole and bombed several U.S. embassies in East Africa in the late 1990s. We knew who did it, but we didn't go after them. Instead, we beefed up security at our embassies and changed the...

Quotes by Kathleen Troia McFarland

Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.

Quotes by Katharine Anthony

I used to be obsessed with game shows. When the Game Show Network became popular in the late '90s, I was all about reruns of 'The Price Is Right.' I knew all the prices from the '70s.

Quotes by Kate Micucci

In the late '90s, we kind of took a sabbatical, and I got an invitation to play with a Japanese band and formed a supergroup called NiNa. It was Yuki from Judy and Mary and Masahide Sakuma from The Plastics,...

Quotes by Kate Pierson

I started the class late. The teacher said I would have to learn as much in half a year that the others learned in a year. I did it.

Quotes by Katarina Witt

It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax...

Quotes by Kaskade

I had three influential teachers. The first was Uta Hagen. The second two, Bobby Lewis and my late husband, Charles Kakatsakis, were both from the Actors Studio.

Quotes by June Squibb

It was really inspiring to be in West London in the late 1980s and early 1990s, especially in Mark Lebon's Crunch Studios, where I met people like Ray Petri, Neneh Cherry, Judy Blame, Nick and Barry Kamen, Zoe Bedeaux, and...

Quotes by Juergen Teller

I was not awesome at dancing. For a ballerina, I probably started too late. Plus I enjoyed entertaining people too much.

Quotes by Judy Greer

I would like to work with Jack Nicholson, before it's too late.

Quotes by Judi Dench

Obama was late to affirm the Egyptian revolution as a democratic movement, and even then he was eager to have installed those military leaders who were known for their practices of torture.

Quotes by Judith Butler

I have a credit card and a phone. I answer emails; I answer questions on chat in the middle of the day. Then, late at night, I write against other people who do just that.

Quotes by Joshua Cohen

I think if you play music and you join a scene you're already too late.

Quotes by Josh Homme

I'm kind of new to Twitter. I'm about one year in, so I'm a little late to the party.

Quotes by Josh Charles

Creating a global platform for collaboration in education research and innovation has been the PISA initiative's aspiration from its conception in the late 1990s.

Quotes by Jose Angel Gurria

I grew up watching and learning from the ultimate partnership, and that is of my father and late uncle.

Quotes by Jonathan Tisch

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.