Time quotes

“Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.” Bill Gates

“I think the thing we see is that as people are using video games more, they tend to watch passive TV a bit less. And so using the PC for the Internet, playing video games, is starting to cut into the rather unbelievable amount of time people spend watching TV.” Bill Gates

“Oh, I think there are a lot of people who would be buying and selling online today that go up there and they get the information, but then when it comes time to type in their credit card they think twice because they're not sure about how that might get out and what that might mean for them.” Bill Gates

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” Francis Scott Fitzgerald

“I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.” Francis Scott Fitzgerald

“A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.” Francis Scott Fitzgerald

“I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.” Anne Frank

“I live in a crazy time.” Anne Frank

“It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.” Wayne Dyer

“Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.” Wayne Dyer

“At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.” Frederick Douglass

“The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.” Rene Descartes

“Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.” Richard Dawkins

“I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organised ignorance.” Richard Dawkins

“For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria.” Richard Dawkins

“Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless, and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news.” Richard Dawkins

“Sometimes I think it's possible to mistake desire for clarity and talking in a no-nonsense way for aggression.” Richard Dawkins

“Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.” Richard Dawkins

“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” Charles Darwin

“To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.” Charles Darwin

“I was raised in an atmosphere of 'everything's fine.' But as I got older, I was like, 'Well no, everything's not fine. There is stuff that's sad.' I am a really sensitive person. I think I am too sensitive sometimes.” Ellen DeGeneres

“I don't pay attention to the number of birthdays. It's weird when I say I'm 53. It just is crazy that I'm 53. I think I'm very immature. I feel like a kid. That's why my back goes out all the time, because I completely forget I can't do certain things anymore - like doing the plank for 10 minutes.” Ellen DeGeneres

“The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtime's Funniest Person in America. And that's a really tough title to travel around with when you're not even known.” Ellen DeGeneres

“I know that every time I list something that I am, I am potentially alienating a whole group of people. Publicists and managers will encourage you not to say what political party you belong to, what you eat, what you don't eat, who you sleep with and all that stuff.” Ellen DeGeneres

“I still have the shirt I wore my first time on Johnny Carson's show. Only now I use it as a tablecloth at dinner parties. It was very blousy.” Ellen DeGeneres

“I've moved about 10 times over the past 15 years. I don't move for the sole purpose of getting rid of stuff. I'm not crazy. I also move so that I never have to wash any windows.” Ellen DeGeneres

“No matter how popular you are as a stand-up - you can go out and fill a 10,000-seat arena and be smart and funny - it's delicate to host an awards show and know where your place is and know that it's not about you, that it's about the people who are nominated, and respect that, but at the same time have your moment to show them who you are.” Ellen DeGeneres

“There would be nothing to get me to run for president. I don't even understand how anyone would want that job at all. Although I would be able to play golf which I don't seem to have time now.” Ellen DeGeneres

“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” Bertrand Russell

“I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.” Bertrand Russell