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Time Quotes

Quotes marking moments across time.

This page brings together quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family. It pairs well with Family Quotes for related reflections.

Liberating Iraq from a legacy of violence and putting it on the path to peace and prosperity will take time.

Quotes by George Voinovich

It is time to recognize a simple fact of life. Contrary to what some of my colleagues seem to believe, tax cuts do not pay for themselves.

Quotes by George Voinovich

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Quotes by George W. Bush

I studied with a blind teacher from about 5 until I was 16, at two different schools. From the age of 12 until 16, I was in a boarding school-which, I believe, at that time was compulsory for blind children.

Quotes by George Shearing

I think it was Duke Ellington who once said that we're always most pleased with our current record. I mean, you have to assume that you learn from one, and you do something better next time.

Quotes by George Shearing

I've had 79 to 80 years of show business. I started when I was 5 with a man called Tom Mix. I didn't have time to go to school because I was in silent movies, I was in radio, I...

Quotes by George Sidney

People have contemplated the origin and evolution of the universe since before the time of Aristotle. Very recently, the era of speculation has given way to a time of science.

Quotes by George Smoot

I see tremendous imbalance in the world. A very uneven playing field, which has gotten tilted very badly. I consider it unstable. At the same time, I don't exactly see what is going to reverse it.

Quotes by George Soros

Four years in the White House and two presidential campaigns is an awful long time. In politics, every year in the White House is like dog years, six years off your life.

Quotes by George Stephanopoulos

There has been an awful lot of time and money spent looking at the president over the last four years The American people saw through those investigations. They voted for the president. And despite all of this time and attention,...

Quotes by George Stephanopoulos

It's like trying to be a traffic cop and write a poem at the same time. You need an executive head to handle all the vast paraphernalia of moviemaking. You need another, more sensitive head to get the delicate human...

Quotes by George Stevens

In most Westerns, you know, people are shooting off guns all the time until you don't even notice it anymore.

Quotes by George Stevens

That subject has lost its one time appeal to economists as our science has become more abstract, but my interest has even grown more intense as the questions raised by the sociology of science became more prominent.

Quotes by George Stigler

Then hast our the Red Stone perfect with less labour, expense of time and costs, for the which ever thank God.

Quotes by George Ripley

There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.

Quotes by George S. Patton

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

Quotes by George S. Patton

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision,...

Quotes by George S. Patton

But at the time when he wrote, Englishmen, with the rarest exceptions, wrote only in French or Latin; and when they began to write in English, a man of genius, to interpret and improve on him, was not found for...

Quotes by George Saintsbury

The Italian prose tale had begun to exercise that influence as early as Chaucer's time: but circumstances and atmosphere were as yet unfavourable for its growth.

Quotes by George Saintsbury

Sometimes I think fiction exists to model the way God might think of us, if God had the time and inclination to do so.

Quotes by George Saunders

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are on the "Time" page?
A mix of reflective and thought-provoking lines that touch on the word "time" — from an observation about the origins of the word "Amen" to a sweeping claim about being part of the last generation of human beings, plus quotes about security, change, and early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.
Are these all serious, philosophical quotes?
Several of them are — the ones about prayer, humanity's future, and how secrets and security change over time all carry a thoughtful, sometimes weighty tone. If you want more of that kind of depth in Hindi, check out Anmol Vachan or Suvichar on this same theme.
Is there a quote here about family or upbringing?
Yes — one describes a parent taking a child to the museum of natural history and encouraging an early interest in science, a nice reminder of how family shapes curiosity. For more along those lines, see Family quotes.
Why would a quote about security relate to "time"?
Because the quote here is really about how things need to change over time — a secret or a security system that's easy to change can adapt, but one that's hard to change becomes a liability as time passes. It's a good example of how "time" quotes often connect to bigger ideas like Change.
How should I use these quotes?
They work well as thoughtful captions or conversation starters — especially if you want to share something that makes people pause and think rather than just a quick line.

A few quotes look further back, considering time on a generational scale rather than a daily one. For nearby reading in Hindi, see Anmol Vachan or Suvichar on this same theme.