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Minutes Quotes

How much can change in just a few minutes.

These minutes quotes range from a joke about reading a long novel too fast to the real pressure of scoring within a tight sporting window. See our Best quotes for related reflections on time.

I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.

Quotes by Woody Allen

One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.

Quotes by Thomas Wolfe

You don't have to commit a lot of fouls, especially if you are 1-0 down. If you are 1-0 down, then don't commit 10 fouls in the next ten minutes.

Quotes by Thomas Tuchel

I can hold my breath for 7 minutes and 5 seconds.

Quotes by Tanc Sade

Able Quotes

I pray and meditate every morning for anywhere between 15 to 50 minutes.

Quotes by Susan Kelechi Watson

I can't sit still for 10 minutes.

Quotes by Scott Caan

We were driven off like rats in five minutes.

Quotes by Roger Sherman

I wouldn't have lasted two minutes as a designer.

Quotes by Peter Lindbergh

Almost every play is 10, 15 minutes too long.

Quotes by Patrick Marber

About Quotes

It's not easy to score three goals in 70 minutes.

Quotes by Niko Kovac

Historically, we've had to think in increments of 30 or 60 minutes. And now we have to think in increments of six seconds to six hours and everything in between.

Quotes by Nancy Dubuc

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

Quotes by Milton Berle

I used to do covers gigs that would be 90 minutes, with a 30 minute break, then another 90.

Quotes by Lewis Capaldi

We can't take quarters, minutes, plays off.

Quotes by Khris Middleton

Best Quotes

The Iraqi military are able to deploy these weapons within 45 minutes of a decision to do so.

Quotes by John Scarlett

Love is 2 minutes and 52 seconds of squelching noises.

Quotes by John Lydon

Our intent is to attack for 90 minutes.

Quotes by Jill Ellis

Everyone deserves to laugh for at least 30 minutes, and 'Ballers' gives you that.

Quotes by Jazmyn Simon

Maybe it's my 15 minutes of fame, maybe it's longer.

Quotes by Jane Harman

Every Quotes

I can't even carpe 15 minutes in a row. So a whole diem is out of the question.

Quotes by Glennon Doyle Melton

Frequently Asked Questions

What different scales of time do minutes quotes cover?
They range from a joking twenty-minute reading of a long novel to sporting margins as tight as seventy minutes.
Is there a quote about how our sense of time has shifted?
Yes, one contrasts older habits of thinking in half-hour or hour blocks with a newer need to plan in much smaller increments.
Do these quotes connect minutes to belonging or place?
Yes, one suggests a person can belong to a city just as fully after only a short visit as after living there for half a decade.
Is there a sports-related quote about minutes?
Yes, one notes how difficult it is to net three separate goals inside a single seventy-minute match.
How does this topic relate to Every quotes?
Small, repeated units of time connect naturally to our Every quotes, which cover recurring moments more broadly.

Whether it's belonging to a city instantly or thinking in ever-smaller increments of time, this set treats minutes as surprisingly elastic. Pair it with our About or Every quotes.