Temporary Matter Quote by Jhumpa Lahiri

“I reported under-staffing and overworking to my electrical utility company employer every day. It remained unchanged until I left.”

— Steven Magee

“This was not uncommon in government-run operations, where a request that someone do their job often induced a catatonic state that might last anywhere…

— Matthew Polly

“If I only had five minutes left to live, I’d only be half as alarmed as normal, because my watch is five minutes fast.…

— Jarod Kintz

We were at the stage where in a very short period of time, one of the world's biggest banks would have to shut the…

— Alistair Darling

“The weapon had a built-in timer that would prevent it from firing for another twelve hours (a "cooling-off period") (...).”

— Ernest Cline

Power never takes two weeks off. Power takes long weekends.

— Lois Wyse

“It must have been almost 2.30 a.m. How could I have lost track of time like that? It was a severe lesson in the…

— Graeme Simsion

“After dropping a power cord into the water and blowing a fuse, we sat for twenty-four hours without music or lights before a friend…

— Patrick Schulte

The electricity came on for the second time today wile we were eating. This may be a fool's paradise, but it's a paradise nonetheless.

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

“No action was taken on the commission’s recommendations for protecting the electric power grid. Two”

— Ted Koppel

Take care of the minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.

— Lord Chesterfield

There were two hours that couldn't be accounted for.

— Betty Hill