Quotes about Time

Bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind. In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.

we have found that the whole essence of matter lies in action, a i.e. in causality: as a result, matter must also unify space and time, that is, matter must possess the properties of both time and space simultaneously

Ordinary people think merely how they shall spend their time; a man of any talent tries to use it.

We remember, also, how that it is becoming increasingly difficult in these strenuous days for those who are desirous of studying the deeper things of God to find the time which such study requires.

I want to write down everything I know about being afraid, but I'd probably never have enough time to write anything else.

A moment or an eternity—did it matter? Life, undefeated, existed and could exist.

and he said her name to fill the space of five years.

But those who were young had no thought left for spring and those who still thought were not young any longer.

You knew better than that. And it's such an old one to me. My antisocial stubbornness is so well-known that I didn't think anyone would waste time trying to tempt me again.

The idea of 10 dimensions might sound exciting, but they would cause real problems if you forget where you parked your car.

The increase of disorder or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time.

Many people do not like the idea that time has a beginning, probably because it smacks of divine intervention. (The Catholic Church, on the other hand, seized on the big bang model and in 1951 officially pronounced it to be in accordance with the Bible.