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title: "5 Time Dimensions Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Time has three dimensions and one positive pitch or direction. It is therefore not so much like any river or any sea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-manley-hopkins/time-has-three-dimensions-and-one-positive-pitch-or-direction-it-is/)

[Gerard Manley Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-manley-hopkins/)

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> [There is no difference between Time and any of the three dimensions of Space except that our consciousness moves along it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-is-no-difference-between-time-and-any-of-the-three-dimensions/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/anonymous-1_consciousness_there-is-no-difference-between-time-and_78427.jpg)

> [In this world, time has three dimensions, like space. Just as an object may move in three perpendicular directions, corresponding to horizontal,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lightman/in-this-world-time-has-three-dimensions-like-space-just-as-an-object/)

[Alan Lightman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lightman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/alan-lightman-2270_decision_in-this-world-time-has-three-dimensions_226840.png)

> [As of now, string theorists have no explanation of why there are three large dimensions as well as time, and the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-witten/as-of-now-string-theorists-have-no-explanation-of-why-there-are-three/)

[Edward Witten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-witten/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/edward-witten-16242_dimensions_as-of-now-string-theorists-have-no-expla_602253.png)

> [Time has its own dimensions, and neither the sun nor the clock can encompass them all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-borland/time-has-its-own-dimensions-and-neither-the-sun-nor-the-clock-can/)

[Hal Borland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-borland/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/hal-borland-9706_all-time_time-has-its-own-dimensions-and-neither_3203725.png)

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