Clock Quote by Alan McGlashan

A clock is a little machine that shuts us out from the wonder of time.

— Susan Glaspell

“the clock is not merely a means of keeping track of the hours, but of synchronising the actions of men”

— David Landes

When I have a job to do, time means nothing. I lose patience with people who work on a clock.

— Don Cornelius

CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time…

— Ambrose Bierce

All of us have an 'inner clock,' a certain pace at which we function most comfortably and effectively.

— Ken Venturi

Time is what the clock says.

— Albert Einstein

The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity to the…

— Jay Griffiths

What is a clock? Something agreed upon and arbitrarily imposed upon us. Standard time. Not true time. Symbolizing the whole standardization of our lives.

— Susan Glaspell

A Clock is not time; it's numbers and springs. Pay it no mind.

— Peter S. Beagle

The human race, whose intelligence dates back only a single tick of the astronomical clock, could hardly hope to understand so soon what it…

— James Jeans

People don't understand the virtue of time, until their clock stops ticking.

— Steve Goodman

Grown-up people seem to be busy by clockwork... They run their unswerving course from object to object, directed by some mysterious inner needle that…

— Elizabeth Bowen