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title: "8 Hour Takes Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Hour Takes quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Hour Takes sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/samuel-johnson-50_delay_life-admits-not-of-delays-when-pleasure_211855.png"
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> [Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/life-admits-not-of-delays-when-pleasure-can-be-had-it-is-fit-to-catch/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/samuel-johnson-50_delay_life-admits-not-of-delays-when-pleasure_211855.png)

> [Got an hour or two? That's all it takes for one of my books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/got-an-hour-or-two-that-s-all-it-takes-for-one-of-my-books/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/mitch-albom-187_book_got-an-hour-or-two-that-s-all-it-takes-f_714979.png)

> [Daylight Savings Time is an Indiangiver. It gives an hour, then it takes it back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-s/daylight-savings-time-is-an-indiangiver-it-gives-an-hour-then-it/)

[Laura S](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-s/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/laura-s-8723_daylight-savings_daylight-savings-time-is-an-indiangiver_1229294.jpg)

> [When you are moulding 30 an hour, it takes its toll on your body. It got to the point where my back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-vardy/when-you-are-moulding-30-an-hour-it-takes-its-toll-on-your-body-it/)

[Jamie Vardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-vardy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/jamie-vardy-16321_back_when-you-are-moulding-30-an-hour-it-take_1305994.jpg)

> [Thank God my hair is always the same. And I get dressed very quickly. I am not one of those people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-herrera/thank-god-my-hair-is-always-the-same-and-i-get-dressed-very-quickly-i/)

[Carolina Herrera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-herrera/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/carolina-herrera-3326_after_thank-god-my-hair-is-always-the-same-and_1734800.png)

> [Interruptions: The average worker gets interrupted five times each hour. It takes an average of 5 minutes to handle each interruption and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-toffler/interruptions-the-average-worker-gets-interrupted-five-times-each/)

[Alvin Toffler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-toffler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/alvin-toffler-7657_add_interruptions-the-average-worker-gets-in_1959362.jpg)

> [I don’t get wrapped up in technique and the like. I have a simple rule and that is to spend as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/i-don-t-get-wrapped-up-in-technique-and-the-like-i-have-a-simple-rule/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/fay-godwin-27867_believe_i-don-t-get-wrapped-up-in-technique-and_2280193.jpg)

> [You can't expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-godwin/you-can-t-expect-to-take-a-definitive-image-in-half-an-hour-it-takes/)

[Fay Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-godwin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32e/fay-godwin-27867_half_you-can-t-expect-to-take-a-definitive-im_2470009.png)

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