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A.M.W. Ball
Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years! I am so weary of toil and of tears, Toil without recompense--tears all in vain, Take them and give me my childhood again. I have grown weary of dust and decay, Weary of sowing for others to reap; Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.
A.M.W. Ball
Backward, turn backward, then time in your flight; Make me a child again just for tonight. Mother, come back from the echoeless shore, Take me again to your heart as of yore.
A.M.W. Ball
The passage of time is simply an illusion created by our brains.
Alice Bloch
We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves.
Ambrose Bierce
Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.
Anon
Today is a smooth white seashell, hold it close and listen to the beauty of the hours.
Anon
People always make time to do the things they really want to do.
Anonymous
Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. If you had all the money in the world, you couldn't buy an extra hour. What will you do with this priceless treasure?
Anonymous
Time is like a movie. All people see it in its full length. Some people fast forward or rewind to their favorite times and skip the bad. Others are stuck watching only bad acting. Some people direct and all want to be stars but in the end everyone gets cut from the script.
Anonymous
Time is like a snowflake--it melts away while we try to decide what to do with it.
Anonymous
Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have. Spend it wisely.
Anonymous
Time cuts down all, Both great and small.
Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
The flower that you hold in your hands was born today and already it is as old as you are.
Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Man goes nowhere. Everything comes to man, like tomorrow.
Author Unknown
Time wastes our bodies and our wits, but we waste time, so we are quits.
Author Unknown
Let not the sands of time get in your lunch.
Baltasar Gracian
Time and I against any two.
Benjamin Disraeli
But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
Benjamin Franklin
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
Bernard Berenson
I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.
 
 
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