Enough Time Quotes - Page 3

• I spend enough time onscreen looking hangdog and depressed.

  Louis C. K.

  Enough

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• Circumstances do not push or pull. They are daily lessons to be studied and gleaned for new knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge and wisdom that is applied will bring about a brighter tomorrow. A person who is depressed is spending too much time thinking about the way things are now and not enough time thinking about how he wants things to be.

  Andy Andrews

  Life, Thinking, Lessons

  Andy Andrews (2005). “The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success”, p.155, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• When you say something or sing something enough times, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's almost like casting spells. I don't mean necessarily in the flighty, 'I'm going to go buy a cloak with a hood now' way.

  Feist

  Mean, Self, Casting

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• I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.

  Jessica Lange

  Regret, Dark, Sides

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• The avalanche of time sweeps everything before it. Every individual instant hurtles into oblivion, drowning out the obliteration of the instant immediately preceding it, and then it too disappears under the onslaught of the next and the next and the next. When the avalanche has shuddered past for a long enough time, the perception of the past evolves. Distant events grow beyond mere history and take on the weight of legend.

  David Gerrold

  Time, Past, Long

  David Gerrold (1993). “Under the Eye of God”, Spectra

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• It's ironic that in our culture everyone's biggest complaint is about not having enough time; yet nothing terrifies us more than the thought of eternity.

  Dennis Miller

  Scary, Ironic, Culture

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• Family involvement is a valuable thing and playing together actively can be the '90s version of it. Instead of just watching, you can do it together... something we don't spend enough time on. We can motivate and excite each other about fitness.

  Alan Thicke

  Inspiring, Parenting, Together

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• I believe in having each device secured and monitoring each device, rather than just monitoring holistically on the network, and then responding in short enough time for damage control.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Believe, Damage Control, Monitoring

  "An Hour with Kevin Mitnick, Part 2". Interview With Vince Barnes, www.esecurityplanet.com. April 7, 2004.

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• Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified.

  John Sununu

  Growth, Cost, Regulation

  First Speech by Anne Ruston as representative of South Australia, www.anneruston.com.au. October 10, 2012.

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• I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life.

  Meryl Streep

  Friends, Watches, I Can

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• You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting. They're able to finesse performances out of you that a lot directors can't get.

  Ian Somerhalder

  Acting, Directors, Actors

  "'Vampire Diaries': Ian Somerhalder on His 'Pissed-Off' Character and Whether He'll Direct an Episode (Q&A)". Interview with Philiana Ng, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 16, 2011.

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• If you tell people enough times that they are unhappy, incomplete, possibly insane and definitely selfish there is bound to come a grey morning when they wake up with the beginning of a nasty cold and wonder if they are lonely rather than simply “alone.”

  Sara Maitland

  Lonely, Morning, Selfish

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• In every age, people are certain that only the things they have deemed valuable have true value. The search for love and the search for wealth are always the two best stories. But while a love story is timeless, the story of a quest for wealth, given enough time, will always seem like the vain pursuit of a mirage.

  Mark Kurlansky

  Love, Two, People

  Mark Kurlansky (2003). “Salt: A World History”, p.15, Penguin

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• Everyone knows revenge is a dish best served when you've had enough time to build up enough vitriol and fury.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Revenge, Had Enough, Dishes

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• It was a sunny day, I was carrying a child in a white dress to be christened. The path to the church led up a steep slope, but I held the child in my arms firmly and without faltering. Then suddenly my footing gave way ... I had enough time to put the child down before plunging into the abyss. The child is our idea. In spite of all obstacles it will prevail.

  Sophie Scholl

  Children, Ideas, White

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• Now I am short on some props, and there isn't nearly enough time in one night to run through all the ways I've fantasized about taking you, but I promise you this..." His voice deepened, "You'll be scandalized in the morning when you can think again.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Running, Morning, Night

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• There are parts of Texas where a fly lives ten thousand years and a man can't die soon enough. Time gets strange there from too much sky, too many miles from crack to crease in the flat surface of the land.

  Katherine Dunn

  Men, Texas, Years

  Katherine Dunn (2011). “Geek Love: A Novel”, p.199, Vintage

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• a person can get used to anything if given enough time

  Nicholas Sparks

  Used, Given, Persons

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• When time passes, it's the people who knew you whom you want to see; they're the ones you can talk to. When enough time passes, what's it matter what they did to you?

  John Irving

  People, Want, Matter

  John Irving (2012). “The Cider House Rules”, p.529, Random House

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• Sure. My ego's had enough time to recover a modicum of dignity. Let's make sure we crush it again before I mistake myself for a god. -Acheron

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Crush, Mistake, Ego

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• Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough time passed. Then he would be able to think about it and sort things out. When he was able to think about it, Jem would be himself again.

  Harper Lee

  Thinking, Trying, Would Be

  "To Kill a Mockingbird". Book by Harper Lee, 1962.

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• You can't please everyone. When you're too focused on living up to other people's standards, you aren't spending enough time raising your own. Some people may whisper, complain and judge. But for the most part, it's all in your head. People care less about your actions than you think. Why? They have their own problems!

  Kris Carr

  Thinking, People, Judging

  "How to Do Less and Live More" by Kris Carr, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2013.

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• These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized.

  Morgan Freeman

  Wall, Hate, Ems

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• Oh how I hate you. I hate you so much it gives me energy. I have to get up early in the morning just to hate you, because there's not enough time in the day! Please GO AWAY!

  Dylan Moran

  Funny, Morning, Hate

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• Jake Roberts has a hard enough time being Jake Roberts. The truth is a brutal thing, I just hope that the kids take the time to learn about each of the wrestlers in the game, and if the kids can learn from our mistakes, that would make me a happy man.

  Jake Roberts

  Mistake, Kids, Men

  "Jake "The Snake" Roberts Interview". Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. December 18, 2003.

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