Timing Quotes - Page 3

• Committee - a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours.

  Milton Berle

  Hilarious, Silly, Men

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• Sex is about timing. The world says: any time, any place. God says: my time, my place.

  D. A. Carson

  Sex, World, My Time

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• Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots of protective gear, lots of stopping and starting.

  Christine Lavin

  Football, Song, Writing

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• Everything that happened to me happened by mistake. I don't believe in fate. It's luck, timing and accident.

  Merv Griffin

  Mistake, Believe, Fate

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• If the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!

  Bill Hybels

  Grows, Request, Ifs

  Bill Hybels (2012). “Too busy not to pray”, p.91, SPCK

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• God's timing is rarely our timing.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Twitter post from Oct 06, 2015

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• God doesn't make mistakes and timing unfolds as it should.

  Ashley Judd

  Mistake, Making Mistakes, Should

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• My musical background in Tyler, Texas was quite outstanding. Uh, I grew up with, uh, with high school teachers who were in bands, they could play music. And we had a nine piece band there in Tyler, and I joined them when I was about, oh, 15 years old and traveled all over Texas in that band, playing for the elite oil people. Hah. And um, I was making about 50 bucks a night, and uh, it taught me, they taught me how to find my timing and to learn the songs that I wanted.

  Carl Gardner

  Song, Teacher, School

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• A loud booming noise interrupted us, and we saw a flash of light off to my right. People near the other garages screamed. "There, you see?" asked Abe, quite pleased with himself. "A new gate. Perfect timing.

  Richelle Mead

  Light, People, Perfect

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.34, Penguin

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• The brilliant escape, the funny line to cap it, despite the lack of timing. And the girl was still dead. The last act had not materialised. The world, and himself, remained so far from what they should be: so imperfect.

  Paul Cornell

  Girl, World, Lines

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• So much in life came down to timing.

  Kate Morton

  Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden”, p.53, Simon and Schuster

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• I have a solo deal with Columbia Records. So it's about, do I want to release an album, when can we do it, what kind of album should it be, how should it be released and marketed and what's the right timing? Do I have time to do it? It's all about questions.

  Cory Monteith

  Albums, Records, Want

  "Cory Monteith: 'I Don’t Want My Dating Life to Be Tabloid Fodder'". Interview with Shawna Malcom, parade.com. June 23, 2011.

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• You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.

  George McGovern

  Real, Politics, Way

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.

  Larry Hagman

  Hard Work, Rehearsal, Comedy

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• Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks. The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.

  Abbie Hoffman

  College, Race, Two

  Abbie Hoffman (1971). “The "steal Yourself Rich" Book”

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• Early on, they were timing my contract with an egg timer.

  Conan O'Brien

  Eggs, Contracts, Timer

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• I am a believer in nutrient timing and supplementation, through 8Zone. I love eggs, apples, wild fish, leafy greens, brown rice, pasta, oatmeal, home grown Washington Potatoes, and cooking with coconut and olive oils.

  Apolo Ohno

  Home, Eggs, Oil

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• The timing of the electrical failure seemed dramatic and perfectly correct, as if the lights had said, "You have no need for sight. Listen.

  Ann Patchett

  Light, Sight, Needs

  Ann Patchett (2009). “Bel Canto”, p.2, Harper Collins

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• There is no present or future-only the past, happening over and over again-now.

  Eugene O'Neill

  Time, Memories, Future

  Bhagwat S. Goyal, Eugene O'Neill (1975). “The Strategy of Survival: Human Significance of O'Neill's Plays”, Ghaziabad : Vimal Prakashan

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• At the thought of being eaten by rats, Despereaux forgot about being brave. He forgot about not being a disappointment. He felt himself heading into another faint. But his mother, who had an excellent sense of dramatic timing, beat him to it; she executed a beautiful, flawless swoon, landing right at Despereaux's feet.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Beautiful, Mother, Disappointment

  Kate DiCamillo (2009). “The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread”, p.64, Candlewick Press

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• And for one second, it was like I could feel the timing clicking together, finally pieces falling into place.

  Sarah Dessen

  Fall, Together, Pieces

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.336, Penguin

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• Patient endurance permits us to cling to our faith in the Lord and our faith in His timing when we are being tossed about by the surf of circumstance. Even when a seeming undertow grasps us, somehow, in the tumbling, we are being carried forward, though battered and bruised.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Endurance, Tumbling, Surf

  Neal A. Maxwell (1991). “Men and Women of Christ”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• The sad truth is, if you push hard enough, and if you’re so stubborn that you must have things your way, God will sometimes allow you to undertake a project without His blessing or at the wrong time. The problem with that, of course, is when you start something in your own strength and in your own timing, you’re going to have to finish it and maintain it in your own strength.

  Joel Osteen

  Blessing, Stubborn, Way

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• My timing is off. But I had to get it out. Some things you have to tell, no matter how stupid they may sound. Some things you can't save for later. There might not be a later.

  Mary E. Pearson

  Stupid, Sound, May

  Mary E. Pearson (2009). “The Adoration of Jenna Fox”, p.168, Macmillan

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• On My Last-Place Finish in the 50-Yard Dash During Little League Tryouts “It kinda looked like you were being attacked by a bunch of bees or something. Then when I saw the fat kid with the watch who was timing you start laughing…. Well, I’ll just say it’s never a good sign when a fat kid laughs at you.

  Justin Halpern

  Kids, League, Laughing

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