His Time Quotes
280 His Time quotes by 245 unique authors
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Blot out from the page of history the names of all the great actors of his time in the drama of nations, and preserve the…
— Chauncey Depew
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All s, like all human beings, get many things wrong. Ronald Reagan's extraordinary achievement as of the U.S. was to succeed in getting the two…
— Andrew Sullivan
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The error which underlies the very existence of this debate is that there is some kind of perfect Platonic form of the computer language, which…
— Paul Vixie
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You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a…
— Rebecca Harding Davis
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A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is…
— Kenneth Tynan
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What need had the businessman to scribble or philosophize when he dominated the imagination of his time and the frantic materialism that was his principle…
— Alfred Kazin
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I think Mitt Romney has demonstrated repeatedly he has a penchant for - for secrecy, doesn't seem to have any interest in actually showing the…
— Mitt Romney
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The techniques of opening conversation are universal. I knew long ago and rediscovered that the best way to attract attention, help, and conversation is to…
— John Steinbeck
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Well, T Bone's had a remarkable career as a producer since the time that we first worked together. He was dividing his time between recording…
— Elvis Costello
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Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time.
— Ian Botham
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The man who spends all his time looking up to heaven is not always the best; in fact, he is usually the worst.
— Jose Bergamin
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I've been enjoying 'Life on the Mississippi' by Mark Twain that I picked up at the airport randomly. It's very witty and interesting to read…
— Roman Coppola
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The epic poet collaborates with the spirit of his time in the composition of his work. That is, if he is successful; the time may…
— Lascelles Abercrombie
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The greater the man, the more he is soaked in the atmosphere of his time; only thus can he get a wide enough grasp of…
— John Desmond Bernal
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A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar.
— Guillermo Cabrera Infante
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The most important lesson I learned...was that the winner of a gunplay usually was the one who took his time. The second was that, if…
— Wyatt Earp
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Modern man is drinking and drugging himself out of awareness, or he spends his time shopping, which is the same thing.
— Ernest Becker
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Death is not something to be feared, but rather anticipated. Of course, we are not to precipitate it ourselves, as suicide is surrender and defeat…
— David Berg
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How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! how short his time! and consequently how poor will his products be, compared with those accumulated…
— Charles Darwin
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During the first half of the present century we had an Alexander von Humboldt, who was able to scan the scientific knowledge of his time…
— Hermann von Helmholtz
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Marco Rubio, I think, will be president some day. Whether 2016 is his time, time will tell. He embraced immigration reform. He seems to have…
— Lindsey Graham
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In the same way that Shakespeare was writing very much for his time, he was also unearthing observations that would last for generations beyond him.
— Alexis Denisof
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That man is thought a dangerous knave, Or zealot plotting crime, Who for advancement of his kind Is wiser than his time.
— Douglas William Jerrold
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By amusing myself with all these games, all this nonsense, all these picture puzzles, I became famous... I am only a public entertainer who has…
— Pablo Picasso
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The people no longer seek consolation in art. But the refined people, the rich, the idlers seek the new, the extraordinary, the extravagant, the scandalous.…
— Pablo Picasso
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