Quotes with timing

  • Luck is being in the right place at the right time, but location and timing are to some extent under our control.
  • People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies.

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  • Carol Burnett Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing.
    Carol Burnett
    American actress, comedian, singer, and writer (1933 - )
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  • Branch Rickey A game of great charm in the adoption of mathematical measurements to the timing of human movements, the exactitudes and adjustments of physical ability to hazardous chance. The speed of the legs, the dexterity of the body, the grace of the swing, the elusiveness of the slide - these are the features that make Americans everywhere forget the last syllable of a man's last name or the pigmentation of his skin.
    Branch Rickey
    American baseball player (1881 - )
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  • James Thurber From now on, I think it is safe to predict, neither the Democratic nor the Republican Party will ever nominate for President a candidate without good looks, stage presence, theatrical delivery, and a sense of timing.
    James Thurber
    American cartoonist (1894 - 1961)
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  • Bill Hybels If the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Blake Jenner In Miami, I was studying improv as well as acting. Improv is a great tool to have, just for the comedic timing that you get. When I moved to L.A., I started taking classes with The Groundlings, and I loved it. I'm definitely in love with improv and comedy.
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  • Barbara Kruger It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
    Barbara Kruger
    American artist (1945 - )
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  • Carmen Agra Deedy Listen to great storytellers; slowly, you will learn about voice, timing, tension, structure, climax - all the things you need to tell stories that will capture the imagination of your audience.
    Carmen Agra Deedy
    American author of children’s literature
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  • Natasha Josefowitz Luck is being in the right place at the right time, but location and timing are to some extent under our control.
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  • Arthur Laffer People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies.
    Arthur Laffer
    American economist and author (1940 - )
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  • Pierre Elliott Trudeau The essential ingredient in politics is timing.
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  • Billy Tauzin The timing was terrible, and having one disaster after another didn't help. I think the pictures on television of the way in which the disaster was handled also helped to turn off the public and Congress.
    Billy Tauzin
    American lobbyist and politician (1943 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin Timing has always been a key element in my life. I have been blessed to have been in the right place at the right time.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • R. I. Fitzhenry Timing, degree and conviction are the three wise men in this life.
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  • Abbie Hoffman Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks.
    Steal This Book (1971) Free Education
    Abbie Hoffman
    American political and social activist (1936 - 1989)
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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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  • George Mcgovern You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.
    George Mcgovern
    American historian, author (1922 - 2012)
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  • Bob Corker You never know when the timing is going to hit in a such a way that you're going to make a difference.
    Bob Corker
    American businessman and politician (1952 - )
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  • Peter Mcwilliams Your Master Teacher knows all you need to learn, the perfect timing for your learning it, and the ideal way of teaching it to you. You don't create a Master Teacher - that's already been done. You discover your Master Teacher.
    Peter Mcwilliams
    American self-help author (1949 - 2000)
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