--- title: "12 Time Mean Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Time Mean quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Time Mean sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/mayday-parade-9324_mean_i-swear-this-time-i-mean-it-431323_431323.jpg" --- > [I Swear This Time I Mean It.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mayday-parade/i-swear-this-time-i-mean-it/) [Mayday Parade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mayday-parade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/mayday-parade-9324_mean_i-swear-this-time-i-mean-it-431323_431323.jpg) > [There is time for everything...& I mean everything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russyb/there-is-time-for-everything-i-mean-everything/) [Russyb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russyb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdd/russyb-3788_mean_there-is-time-for-everything-i-mean-ever_2869350.jpg) > [What Time Is It? You Mean Now?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yogi-berra/what-time-is-it-you-mean-now/) [Yogi Berra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yogi-berra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1be/yogi-berra-1349_baseball_what-time-is-it-you-mean-now-2155688_2155688.png) > [Baseball player: "What time is it?" "You mean now?"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yogi-berra/baseball-player-what-time-is-it-you-mean-now/) [Yogi Berra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yogi-berra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/yogi-berra-1349_ball-player_baseball-player-what-time-is-it-you-mean_92992.png) > [Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-mantle/hey-yog-what-time-is-it-you-mean-right-now/) [Mickey Mantle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-mantle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/mickey-mantle-3879_baseball_hey-yog-what-time-is-it-you-mean-right-n_3176510.jpg) > [When people say " I just don't have enough time " they mean " I prioritized something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hodgkinson/when-people-say-i-just-don-t-have-enough-time-they-mean-i-prioritized/) [Tom Hodgkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hodgkinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/tom-hodgkinson-2852_enough_when-people-say-i-just-don-t-have-enough_937787.png) > [“Almost late and right on time would seem to mean the same thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-robert-cargill/almost-late-and-right-on-time-would-seem-to-mean-the-same-thing/) [C. Robert Cargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-robert-cargill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/c-robert-cargill-16918_time_almost-late-and-right-on-time-would-seem_1206913.jpg) > [I'm afraid of time. I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how they really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-m-afraid-of-time-i-mean-i-m-afraid-of-not-having-enough-time-not-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/anonymous-1_afraid_i-m-afraid-of-time-i-mean-i-m-afraid-of_2377995.jpg) > [Every minute counts. Being on time or not can mean the difference of a win or a loss and even of something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-wawrinka/every-minute-counts-being-on-time-or-not-can-mean-the-difference-of-a/) [Stan Wawrinka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-wawrinka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/stan-wawrinka-10098_life_every-minute-counts-being-on-time-or-not_55291.png) > [“All time is mean young man. It takes and does not give, it rushes when you wish it would linger and drags…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherynne-m-valente/all-time-is-mean-young-man-it-takes-and-does-not-give-it-rushes-when/) [Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherynne-m-valente/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/catherynne-m-valente-375_clock_all-time-is-mean-young-man-it-takes-and_2781161.jpg) > [“It is said that kids have no use for the word 'then'. It is said that only 'now' and 'this minute' count…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-said-that-kids-have-no-use-for-the-word-then-it-is-said-that/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85e/jerry-and-eileen-spinelli-1440_time_it-is-said-that-kids-have-no-use-for-the_2006823.jpg) > [“Our words are often only vague, inadequate descriptions of our thoughts. Something gets lost in translation every time we try to express…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-gaspirtz/our-words-are-often-only-vague-inadequate-descriptions-of-our/) [Oliver Gaspirtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-gaspirtz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/oliver-gaspirtz-24435_approximation_our-words-are-often-only-vague-inadequat_2394860.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time-mean/#itemlist", "name": "Time Mean Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I Swear This Time I Mean It.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mayday Parade" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mayday-parade/i-swear-this-time-i-mean-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/mayday-parade-9324_mean_i-swear-this-time-i-mean-it-431323_431323.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/mayday-parade-9324_mean_i-swear-this-time-i-mean-it-431323_431323.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/mayday-parade-9324_mean_i-swear-this-time-i-mean-it-431323_431323.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I Swear This Time I Mean It.” — Mayday Parade", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is time for everything...& I mean everything", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Russyb" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russyb/there-is-time-for-everything-i-mean-everything/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdd/russyb-3788_mean_there-is-time-for-everything-i-mean-ever_2869350.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdd/russyb-3788_mean_there-is-time-for-everything-i-mean-ever_2869350.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdd/russyb-3788_mean_there-is-time-for-everything-i-mean-ever_2869350.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is time for everything...& I mean everything” — Russyb", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What Time Is It? 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