Afternoon Quotes - Page 11

• A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

  Lin Yutang

  Men, Clock, Certain

  Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”

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• I write in the morning from about eight till noon, and sometimes again a bit in the afternoon. In the morning I start off by going over what I had done the previous day, which my wife has happily typed up for me.

  Gene Hackman

  Morning, Writing, Eight

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• One key lesson of history is that virtually anything, including afternoon or evening thundershowers, causes Germany to invade Belgium.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Humorous, Keys

  Dave Barry (1997). “Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States”

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• The funniest novel you've never read. . . . Afternoon Men is a revelation to sophisticated readers of every stripe, but especially to a certain kind of artist manqu on the brink of discovering that life is a more difficult business than he ever had reason to expect. . . . The subject matter is 'relatable,' as my students like to say. Better still, though, is what you can learn about the craft of writing from this marvelous book. . . . Indeed, if you're looking for a funny, nonportentous Hemingway, then the early Powell is your man.

  Blake Bailey

  Book, Writing, Men

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• The World Series is played in my doubtless too-nostalgic imagination in some kind of autumn afternoon light, and seeing it exclusively in the bitter chill of midnight breaks the spell of even the best of games.

  Adam Gopnik

  Autumn, Light, Games

  "Adam Gopnik on Food, Baseball, and The New Yorker". Interview with David Haglund, www.slate.com. November 7, 2011.

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• Everyone's saved, we're in the grave. See you there for afternoon tea.

  Jethro Tull

  Death, Tea, Graves

  Song: A Passion Play, Album: A Passion Play

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• When I was 17, I worked at a bagel shop - I ate so many! I was also in all the school musicals, which we rehearsed for during the afternoons.

  Jenna Ushkowitz

  School, Bagels, Shops

  "When I Was 17: Jenna Ushkowitz". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. August 17, 2012.

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• I do my best stuff midmorning and superlate at night, from 1 to 5 in the morning. Some people don't need sleep. I actually do need sleep. I just sleep all the time. I'll catch naps in the afternoon, or I'll take a 20-minute snooze in the office - just all the time. Our business is 24 hours. Our guys in Europe come online at midnight.

  Matt Mullenweg

  Morning, Sleep, Night

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• Ann Coulter to me is someone who says things that I say all the time, but I say them at three in the morning when I'm drunk as a monkey. She says them at three in the afternoon stone sober in bright daylight.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Morning, Drunk, Three

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• If I'm playing in the morning, I'll get some carbs early: porridge with chopped banana. If I'm playing in the afternoon, I'll start with less carbs and have some eggs and fruit for breakfast, then a light lunch about 90 minutes before I play, so I don't feel sluggish or full.

  Rory McIlroy

  Morning, Light, Play

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• It means a lot in my business and its a wonderful feeling to be recognized for what you have done over a lifetime, but I didn't go crazy. I still eat my cereal in the morning, have a sandwich in the afternoon, go to bed at night. You know, nothing really different.

  Regis Philbin

  Morning, Crazy, Mean

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• My first job was when I was about 12, cleaning houses in the afternoons for different elderly women in town. I hated it.

  Elizabeth Strout

  Jobs, Elderly, House

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• During the late afternoon and early evening there is a specific dimension that interconnects with our physical world. This particular dimension can be visualized as series of horizontally shaped geometric planes that extent out into infinity.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Other Worlds, Evening

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• I came home in the afternoon to sleep, and there was this e-mail from Comedy Central saying they were interested in having me be part of this new show called 'Jump Cuts'! So I called them right away, and the producer started laughing and said, 'We sent that e-mail one minute ago - you're so fast!

  Lev Yilmaz

  Sleep, Home, Cutting

  "Life is funny. And mundane. Just like in a cartoon by Lev." by Jane Ganahl, www.sfgate.com. November 16, 2004.

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• I was the sort of kid who spent a Sunday afternoon prying little trees out of the foundation of his parents' house. I should have given in to the inevitable truth that this was the sort of person I would become, in the end, but I kept fighting it.

  Louise Erdrich

  Kids, Fighting, Sunday

  Louise Erdrich (2012). “The Round House: A Novel”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• Taken everything I've got, all I've got's this sunny afternoon.

  Ray Davies

  Philosophy, Taken, Sunny Afternoon

  "Sunny Afternoon". Song by Ray Davies, 1966.

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• I go to the theater two or three times a week when I'm in London. Whereas I feel guilty going to the cinema in the middle of the afternoon.

  Eddie Redmayne

  Two, Three, Cinema

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• Coffee in the morning, cocaine afternoons.

  Jackson Browne

  Morning, Coffee, Alcohol

  Song: The Road, Album: Running on Empty, 1977

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• I had a certificate that said, 'Doctor of Mixology, Harvard University,' that I actually got from Harvard University. A friend of mine was a research assistant over there and it was one of those student or university perks and she brought me in on that. So I am a doctorate from Harvard and it only took me one afternoon.

  Ronda Rousey

  Doctors, Research, Assistants

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• I try to think about Elvis, Memphis, Oprah in the afternoon.

  Patty Loveless

  Thinking, Trying, Memphis

  Song: I Try To Think About Elvis, Album: When Fallen Angels Fly

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• Make your kids go out and play. Kids ought to grow up the way you and I grew up and we grew up fifty years apart or maybe more. But we did the same things. Now who's out playing in the afternoon? Nobody.

  C. Everett Koop

  Nature, Growing Up, Kids

  "Should we drop kids off at the park - by themselves?", www.today.com. May.21, 2010.

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• I'm jackin' off reading Playboy on a hot afternoon, I'm a three time loser.

  Rod Stewart

  Reading, Hot, Three

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• If you've got some news that you don't want to get noticed, put it out Friday afternoon 4:00 pm.

  David Gergen

  Friday, Pms, News

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• I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers, who are so narcissistic they consider every line of every review, even a thoughtful one, as major treason.

  Barry Hannah

  Men, Thoughtful, Lines

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• You cannot plant an acorn in the morning, and expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of an oak.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Morning, Shade, Acorns

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