Quotes with late-comers

Quotes 121 till 140 of 140.

  • Jean-Paul Sartre Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
    Jean-Paul Sartre
    French writer, philosopher and Nobel laureate in literature (1964) (1905 - 1980)
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman To ensure that no one gained an advantage over anyone else, commercial law [in the 14th century] prohibited innovation in tools or techniques, underselling below a fixed price, working late by artificial light, employing extra apprentices or wife and underage children, and advertising of wares or praising them to the detriment of others.
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • Ang Lee To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie - culturally and psychologically - but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late.
    Ang Lee
    Taiwanese film director, producer, and screenwriter (1954 - )
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  • Bill Hader Voices are a good way to get in and out of things. James Carville constantly calls my wife to say I'll be home late. Mandy Patinkin and Al Pacino call to get me restaurant reservations.
    Bill Hader
    American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director (1978 - )
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  • Benigno Aquino III We don't get typhoons in December. They normally end by September. A typhoon happening in October is considered a late event.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Burnie Burns We had seen the way the print industry had been disrupted; we'd seen how the audio industry got disrupted, so it just seemed like a natural progression that video was next. We thought we were late to the game in 2003.
    Burnie Burns
    American writer, actor, producer and director (1973 - )
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  • Carolyn Wells We should live and learn; but by the time we've learned, it's too late to live.
    Carolyn Wells
    American writer and poet (1862 - 1942)
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  • Ace Frehley We're bigger now than we were in the late 70s when we were peaking.
    Ace Frehley
    American musician and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Carolyn See What is 'cool,' anyway? Maybe it's Warne Marsh, almost totally obscure and penniless, coming in late to a fourth-rate Hollywood nightclub, playing like an angel with a couple of sidemen, but never speaking to or even acknowledging another human being.
    Carolyn See
    American writer (1934 - 2016)
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  • Bil Keane When I was in high school at Northeast Catholic in Philadelphia in the late '30s, I found that drawing caricatures of the teachers and satirizing the events in the school, then having them published in our school magazine, got me some notoriety.
    Bil Keane
    American cartoonist (1922 - 2011)
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  • Bob Verdi When is it too late to say it's still early for the Cubs? Try now. Their magic number is 1998, at least until it becomes 1999, but in lieu of a present, they offer you a future.
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  • Oliver Goldsmith When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Bruce Forsyth When you've been brought up in variety, I think timing is always important in your life. If I'm ever late for anything, whether it's personal or business, I always apologise. 'I'm sorry I'm late,' and all that. And if somebody is late meeting me, I expect them to say 'I'm sorry I'm late.' It's just, shall we say, showbiz etiquette of my day.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Felix Frankfurter Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.
    Felix Frankfurter
    Austrian-American lawyer, professor, and jurist (1882 - 1965)
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  • C. C. H. Pounder With acting, I started very young, and I'd performed for a lot of children in boarding schools, late at night after the dormitory lights were out. I'd have a flashlight, and I'd be Count Dracula, or Shakespeare, or Yogi Bear, and leap from bunk to bunk. I loved the laughter; I liked the way it made people feel.
    C. C. H. Pounder
    Guyanese–American actress
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  • Angela Carter Women's sexy underwear is a minor but significant growth industry of late-twentieth-century Britain in the twilight of capitalism.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Paul Theroux You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you're grateful.
    Paul Theroux
    American travel writer and novelist (1941 - )
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  • Busta Rhymes You're gonna get your traditional Busta Rhymes and Pharrell collabo. My man Focus from the Aftermath crew; Dr. Dre; the late, great J Dilla got work on the album. It's gonna be great - look forward to the new bang-out.
    Busta Rhymes
    American rapper, musician, record producer and actor (1972 - )
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  • Bill Vaughan Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.
    Published in Oregonian newspaper on 31 December 1958, in the Column of Vaughan
    Bill Vaughan
    American columnist and author (1915 - 1977)
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