Quotes with big-time

Quotes 2941 till 2960 of 3165.

  • Edgar W. Howe When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Bob Knight When my time on earth is gone and my activities here are past, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass.
    Bob Knight
    American basketball coach (1940 - )
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  • Edward F. Benson When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.
    Edward F. Benson
    English writer and archaeologist (1867 - 1940)
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  • Vladimir Ilyich Lenin When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the ''freedom of the press'' goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.
    Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
    Russian revolutionary leader (1870 - 1924)
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  • Oscar Wilde When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time, not one's own.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Arthur Wellesley When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out.
    Arthur Wellesley
    Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman (1769 - 1852)
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  • Edith Wharton When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say.
    Edith Wharton
    American Author (1862 - 1937)
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman When reproached for spending too much time with books and clerks, Charles answered, As long as knowledge is honored in this country, so long will it prosper.
    Source: A Distant Mirror
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • Bob Edwards When Solomon said there was a time and a place for everything he had not encountered the problem of parking his automobile.
    Bob Edwards
    American broadcast journalist
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  • Carol Burnett When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it' s always 'a big breakthrough' or a 'radical departure.' Why is it no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?
    Carol Burnett
    American actress, comedian, singer, and writer (1933 - )
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  • Harold J. Seymour When the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow - to the end at all costs.
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  • Burt Rutan When there's ever a breakthrough, a true breakthrough, you can go back and find a time period when the consensus was 'well, that's nonsense!' so what that means is that a true creative researcher has to have confidence in nonsense.
    Burt Rutan
    American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur (1943 - )
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  • Bipasha Basu When things have gone really wrong in my life, I've cried like a child. I have really, really cried. I cry it out. Two-three days I cry, and then I'm like, enough, time to deal with reality and figure a way out. This is the way I have dealt with everything.
    Bipasha Basu
    Indian film actress and model (1979 - )
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  • Abdullah Ibrahim When time and space and change converge, we find place. We arrive in Place when we resolve things. Place is peace of mind and understanding. Place is knowledge of self. Place is resolution.
    Abdullah Ibrahim
    South African pianist and composer (1934 - )
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  • Marcia Wieder When we are doing what we love, we don't care about time. For at least at that moment, time doesn't exist and we are truly free.
    Marcia Wieder
    CEO and Founder of Dream University
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Bootsy Collins When we got with George, he didn't care what was happening. He liked how crazy we were looking and dressing. I kinda liked being with George more so at the time, because George let us do what we wanted to do. But I needed both lessons.
    Bootsy Collins
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Brad Katsuyama When we had the 'flash crash' in 2010, where the price of some stocks briefly fell to zero, high-frequency trading played a big role in that event.
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  • Ben Gibbard When we moved to Seattle, everybody kind of disappeared into different corners of the city and it was a very difficult time for the band.
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • Bill Nye When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It's like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then?
    Bill Nye
    American science communicator, television presenter (1955 - )
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