--- title: "9 Time Meaningless Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 Time Meaningless quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Time Meaningless sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/ray-kurzweil-3529_clock_time-would-become-meaningless-if-there-w_2710584.jpg" --- > [Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/time-would-become-meaningless-if-there-were-too-much-of-it/) [Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/ray-kurzweil-3529_clock_time-would-become-meaningless-if-there-w_2710584.jpg) > [The first step towards mastering time is always to make time meaningless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/the-first-step-towards-mastering-time-is-always-to-make-time/) [Robert Aickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aickman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/robert-aickman-25472_clock_the-first-step-towards-mastering-time-is_2746591.jpg) > [I had so much free time that free time was meaningless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-had-so-much-free-time-that-free-time-was-meaningless/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ef/maggie-stiefvater-76_free_i-had-so-much-free-time-that-free-time-w_957306.png) > [We invest so much time in meaningless things that bring us little satisfaction, when everything we need to fill us with joy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashida-rowe/we-invest-so-much-time-in-meaningless-things-that-bring-us-little/) [Rashida Rowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashida-rowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/rashida-rowe-428_being-content_we-invest-so-much-time-in-meaningless-th_758647.jpg) > ['Screen time' is meaningless - what matters is what you do while on the screen. The good, the bad, and the ugly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/screen-time-is-meaningless-what-matters-is-what-you-do-while-on-the/) [Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/daphne-bavelier-35166_bad_screen-time-is-meaningless-what-matters_2263307.jpg) > [Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/death-gives-meaning-to-our-lives-it-gives-importance-and-value-to/) [Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/ray-kurzweil-3529_death_death-gives-meaning-to-our-lives-it-give_2437328.jpg) > [Take death for example. A great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it. We make extraordinary efforts to delay it, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/take-death-for-example-a-great-deal-of-our-effort-goes-into-avoiding/) [Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/ray-kurzweil-3529_avoiding_take-death-for-example-a-great-deal-of-o_81750.jpg) > [“To state there is no need for a creator or God if there is no time is meaningless. Because the Absolute is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dejan-stojanovic/to-state-there-is-no-need-for-a-creator-or-god-if-there-is-no-time-is/) [Dejan Stojanovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dejan-stojanovic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/dejan-stojanovic-559_absolute_to-state-there-is-no-need-for-a-creator_1571221.jpg) > [“There was no answer. I looked up. Epsilon’s light shone out onto a picture on the wall. A round picture in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-morton-shaw/there-was-no-answer-i-looked-up-epsilon-s-light-shone-out-onto-a/) [Christine Morton-Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-morton-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b7/christine-morton-shaw-56731_time_there-was-no-answer-i-looked-up-epsilon_1473012.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time-meaningless/#itemlist", "name": "Time Meaningless Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Kurzweil" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/time-would-become-meaningless-if-there-were-too-much-of-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/ray-kurzweil-3529_clock_time-would-become-meaningless-if-there-w_2710584.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/ray-kurzweil-3529_clock_time-would-become-meaningless-if-there-w_2710584.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/ray-kurzweil-3529_clock_time-would-become-meaningless-if-there-w_2710584.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it.” — Ray Kurzweil", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The first step towards mastering time is always to make time meaningless", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Aickman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aickman/the-first-step-towards-mastering-time-is-always-to-make-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/robert-aickman-25472_clock_the-first-step-towards-mastering-time-is_2746591.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/robert-aickman-25472_clock_the-first-step-towards-mastering-time-is_2746591.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/robert-aickman-25472_clock_the-first-step-towards-mastering-time-is_2746591.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The first step towards mastering time is always to make time meaningless” — Robert Aickman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had so much free time that free time was meaningless.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maggie Stiefvater" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-had-so-much-free-time-that-free-time-was-meaningless/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ef/maggie-stiefvater-76_free_i-had-so-much-free-time-that-free-time-w_957306.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ef/maggie-stiefvater-76_free_i-had-so-much-free-time-that-free-time-w_957306.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ef/maggie-stiefvater-76_free_i-had-so-much-free-time-that-free-time-w_957306.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I had so much free time that free time was meaningless.” — Maggie Stiefvater", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We invest so much time in meaningless things that bring us little satisfaction, when everything we need to fill us with joy is within us!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rashida Rowe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashida-rowe/we-invest-so-much-time-in-meaningless-things-that-bring-us-little/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/rashida-rowe-428_being-content_we-invest-so-much-time-in-meaningless-th_758647.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/rashida-rowe-428_being-content_we-invest-so-much-time-in-meaningless-th_758647.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/rashida-rowe-428_being-content_we-invest-so-much-time-in-meaningless-th_758647.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We invest so much time in meaningless things that bring us little satisfaction, when everything we need to…” — Rashida Rowe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'Screen time' is meaningless - what matters is what you do while on the screen. 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