Hour Quotes

2918 Hour quotes by 2023 unique authors

I am a citizen of the world first, and of this country at a later and more convenient hour. — Henry David Thoreau
During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about… — Stephen Ambrose
But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour. — Bryan Ferry
Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going. — Orson Scott Card
There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions, so they be each honest and natural in their hour. For of one will, the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If every head of state and every government official spent an hour a day reading poetry we'd live in a much more humane and decent… — Mark Strand
I waited a long time, an hour or two, to make that picture perfect. But I wasn't totally satisfied. Then, when I'd finished the shoot,… — Mario Testino
The truest lengthening of life is to live while we live, wasting no time but using every hour for the highest ends. So be it… — Charles Spurgeon
To have some account of my thoughts, manners, acquaintance and actions, when the hour arrives in which time is more nimble than memory, is the… — Fanny Burney
It's the ultimate pinnacle of stand-up to have an hour on HBO, but way more people see Comedy Central, and they've been good to me. — Daniel Tosh
Only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present. Most of us spend fifty-nine minutes an hour living in… — Storm Jameson
I divested myself of despair and fear when I came here. Now there is no more catching one's own eye in the mirror, there are… — Jane Kenyon
It's tough for parents to talk to children about heavy-weight topics such as peer pressure, drugs and morality if they don't already have a closeness.… — David A. Bednar
I wish to be up and doing. I wish to face each day with resolution and purpose. I wish to use every waking hour to… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The Communist torturers often said, 'There is no God, no hereafter, no punishment for evil. We can do what we wish.' I have heard one… — Richard Wurmbrand
I love to eat and I don't believe in denying myself, so I have to work out. I'm not obsessed with it, I don't have… — Amber Rose
Each weekend I play at least one and maybe two sets of tennis a day. My doubles team was in the finals recently at my… — Wilbur Ross
You are told from the moment you enter school that time is constant. It never changes. It is one of those set things in life… — S.C. Stephens
I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how valuable… — Henry David Thoreau
I believe employers should be aware that employees who earn under $10 an hour cannot lead an independent life. But I do not believe that… — Richard Riordan
[A] family with two kids that earns the minimum wage still lives below the poverty line. That's wrong. That's why, since the last time this… — Barack Obama
Sharp increases in the minimum wage rate are also inflationary. Frequently workers paid more than the minimum gauge their wages relative to it. This is… — Richard M. Nixon
I first came into the labor force in 1941 when the minimum wage was 40 cents an hour, and that was my first job. And… — Jimmy Carter
No matter how people mess with you or let you down, or how you let yourself down, a good book means that when you get… — Anne Lamott

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