Clock Quotes

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The world changed from having the determinism of a clock to having the contingency of a pinball machine. — Heinz Pagels
Be governed by your internal compass, not by some clock on the wall. — Stephen Covey
Because I helped to wind the clock, I come to hear it strike. — William Butler Yeats
If a person is dying of cancer, you do not say, 'You can't turn back the clock.' You try to heal the person, no matter… — Mark Sheppard
Since you are now studying geometry and trigonometry, I will give you a problem. A ship sails the ocean. It left Boston with a cargo… — Gustave Flaubert
The streets, at least in this part of town, seemed impossibly clean in comparison to London. The public telephones were unvandalised. For a London telephone… — Clive James
Now a movie goes out to two, three thousand theaters and by Friday night at 10 o'clock they know if you are in or out.… — Mark Rydell
Our struggle to put first things first can be characterized by the contrast between two powerful tools that direct us: the clock and the compass.… — Stephen Covey
We all run on two clocks. One is the outside clock, which ticks away our decades and brings us ceaselessly to the dry season. The… — Max Lerner
When the two that share destiny part and reunite, beyond the frame of time, the ceased clock will awake and start to tick once again. — Tite Kubo
Kentucky wants to occupy some clock — Billy Packer
Life becomes a habit. You get up, dress, eat, go tae work, clock in etcetera etcetera automatically, and think about nothing but the pay packet… — Alasdair Gray
I'll tell you what - if you attend a Cowboy-Redskins game, you better not leave 'til that clock hits zero... — Joe Gibbs
The clock is ticking and you're hearing the beat. You stop by a museum shop, sign your name on a scuba-diving sheet, and commit yourself… — Julia Margaret Cameron
Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long,- Even wonder'd at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate… — John Dryden
The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest, contriv'd a double debt to pay,- A bed… — Oliver Goldsmith
Lucy: Our teacher wants us to write an essay on praying. Charlie Brown: Praying is important when you wake up at two o'clock in the… — Charles M. Schulz
Sometimes players need to gain time on the clock by repeating the position, but most often its purpose is to wear down the opponent psychologically. — Pal Benko
I didn't know there were 2 ten o'clocks in a day... — Thelonious Monk
I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. — Thomas A. Edison

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