Quotes with time-consuming

Quotes 1881 till 1900 of 2692.

  • Marshall Mcluhan The mark of our time is its revulsion against imposed patterns.
    Marshall Mcluhan
    Canadian professor and philosopher (1911 - 1980)
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  • Klemens Von Metternich The men who make history have not time to write it.
    Klemens Von Metternich
    Austrian diplomat and statesman (1773 - 1859)
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  • Barry Commoner The methods that EPA introduced after 1970 to reduce air-pollutant emissions worked for a while, but over time have become progressively less effective.
    Barry Commoner
    American cellular biologist, college professor, and politician (1917 - 2012)
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  • Arianna Huffington The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG was in the fall of 2009 - only this time, it's not just one giant insurance company (and its banking counterparties) facing disaster, it's tens of millions of hardworking Americans who played by the rules.
    Arianna Huffington
    Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman (1950 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time-bound targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development challenges of our time.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Adela Rogers St. Johns The modern woman is the curse of the universe. A disaster, that's what. She thinks that before her arrival on the scene no woman ever did anything worthwhile before, no woman was ever liberated until her time, no woman really ever amounted to anything.
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  • Brene Brown The moment someone asks you to do something you don't have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Sir Matthew Hale The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time.
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  • Ben Whishaw The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the cafe or something doing something weird. It's amazing what people do, isn't it, when you just look at them, when you take the time to look.
    Ben Whishaw
    English actor (1980 - )
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  • Carl Sandburg The name of an iron man goes round the world.
    It takes a long time to forget an iron man.
    Washington Monument by Night in Slabs of the Sunburnt West (1922)
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Bob Cousy The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.
    Bob Cousy
    American basketball player (1928 - )
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  • Desiderius Erasmus The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • John Steinbeck The new American finds his challenge and his love in the traffic-choked streets, skies nested in smog, choking with the acids of industry, the screech of rubber and houses leashed in against one another while the town lets wither a time and die.
    John Steinbeck
    American author (1902 - 1968)
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  • Bradley A. Smith The next time you download a book on Kindle, buy a Michael Moore screed at Barnes & Noble, or order up a political movie from video on demand, remember that it is the Supreme Court's decision in 'Citizens United' that guarantees you the right to do so.
    Bradley A. Smith
    American law professor (1958 - )
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  • Arthur Bloch The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules - the first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.
    Arthur Bloch
    American writer, author of the Murphy's Law books (1948 - )
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  • Benny Hill The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two bombs a million times a million to one. Next time you fly, cut the odds and take a bomb.
    Benny Hill
    English comedian, actor and singer (1924 - 1992)
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  • Bobby Fischer The old chess is too limited. Imagine playing cards, black jack for example, and every time the dealer has the same starting hand you have the same starting hand. What's the point?
    Bobby Fischer
    American chess grandmaster (1943 - 2008)
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  • Barbara Kingsolver The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Bill Kurtis The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say 'we'll let it go this time,' you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.
    Bill Kurtis
    American television journalist (1940 - )
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  • Carl Hiaasen The one thing a lifetime in the newspaper business teaches you is pace - you spend all your time trying to make sure that the reader's going to finish what you're writing.
    Carl Hiaasen
    American writer, author and journalist (1953 - )
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