Clock Quotes

1056 quotes by 869 authors

He had never been interested in stories at any age, and had never quite understood the basic concept. He'd never read a work of fiction… — Terry Pratchett
If you pluck out my heart To find what makes it move, Youâ€™ll halt the clock That syncopates our love. — Sylvia Plath
My alarm clock during my childhood was a pride of lions. — Yann Martel
In that moment, the machinery of the world lined up. Somewhere a clock struck midnight, and Hugo's future seemed to fall perfectly into place. — Brian Selznick
We are about to part," said Neville. "Here are the boxes; here are the cabs. There is Percival in his billycock hat. He will forget… — Virginia Woolf
Ignatius, when he heard the clock strike, would say, "Now I have another hour to answer for." (Eph. 5:16) — John Piper
You fish, swim, eat, laze around, and everyone's so friendly. It's such simple stuff, but... If i could stop the world and restart life, put… — Alex Garland
The steward, according to custom, had stopped all the clocks. This, in the language of Narouz, said, "Your stay with us is so brief, let… — Lawrence Durrell
Its five o'clock some where — Kenny Chesney
I dreamt four nights ago of clock hands descending from the universe like rain, of the moon as a green eye, of mirrors and insects,… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I'd had nearly four years of experience looking at these clocks, but their sluggishness never ceased to surprise. If I am ever told that I… — John Green
...people don't respect the morning. An alarm clock violently wakes them up, shatters their sleep like the blow of an ax, and they immediately surrender… — Milan Kundera
It was Buckley, as my father and sister joined the group and listened to Grandma Lynnâ€™s countless toasts, who saw me. He saw me standing… — Alice Sebold
Past one oâ€™clock. You must have gone to bed. The Milky Way streams silver through the night. Iâ€™m in no hurry; with lightning telegrams I… — Vladimir Mayakovsky
We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery. — H.G. Wells
As I got older, I discovered that nothing within me cried out for a baby. My womb did not seem to have come equipped with… — Elizabeth Gilbert
By four o'clock, I've discounted suicide in favor of killing everyone else in the entire world instead. — Warren Ellis
I wish we could spend July by the sea, browning ourselves and feeling water-weighted hair flow behind us from a dive. I wish our gravest… — Zelda Fitzgerald
At two o'clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to… — Rudyard Kipling
I see no advantage in these new clocks. They run no faster than the ones made 100 years ago. — Henry Ford

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