Clock Quote by Ambrose Bierce

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

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

“The clock is the operating system of modern capitalism, the thing that makes everything else possible - meetings, deadlines, contracts, manufacturing processes, schedules, working…

— Carl Honoré

“Clocks served two purposes, in my opinion. The first was to tell people the time, and the second to impress upon me that time…

— Cees Nooteboom

A metaphysical tour de force of untethered meaning and involuting interlocking contrapuntal rhythms, 'The Clock' is more than a movie or even a work…

— Jerry Saltz

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

— Peter S. Beagle

“The regularity of the clock was a metaphor for the accuracy of the universe. For the accuracy of God's creative achievement. So the clock…

— Peter Høeg

Live your life by a compass, not a clock.

— Stephen Covey

“He’s like an old clock the won’t tell time but won’t stop neither with the hands bend out of shape and the face bare…

— Ken Kesey

“There is no universal clock, but local histories take form beneath our eyes, and begin to regulate themselves, and haltingly are linked to one…

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty