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• “So he died, because for a split second he got brave. But not then. He died much later, after the split second of bravery had faded into long hours of wretched gasping fear, and after the long hours of fear had exploded into long minutes of insane screaming panic.”

  Lee Child (born 1954) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Die Trying, Ch. 1 (1998).

• “Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.”

  Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I lie in the lean hours awake listening to the swell born somewhere in the Atlantic rising and falling, rising and falling wave on wave on the long shore by the village that is without light and companionless. And the thought comes of that other being who is awake, too, letting our prayers break on him, not like this for a few hours, but for days, years, for eternity.”

  R. S. Thomas (1913–2000) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: The Other" in The Echoes Return Slow (1988)

• “It has been said that the modern world is divided between the hot and hasty pursuit of affairs in the hours of labor, and the no less eager chase of pleasure in the hours of leisure. But even our pleasures are calculated and business like. We measure our enjoyments by the sum expended. Our salons are often little better than bazaars of fashion.”

  Felix Adler (1851–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Once we stopped at the camp site several things began to occur to me. The first was that I had neither eaten nor drunk anything for more than twelve hours. I had not even sat down once in those twelve hours. My left foot had blistered painfully. And I had experienced a religious exaltation which I had never witnessed before.”

  Maurice Davis (1921–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “It may sound paradoxical, but verbal fluency is the product of many hours spent writing about nothing, just as musical fluency is the product of hours spent repeating scales.”

  Stanley Fish (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “A person can gaze at the sky for hours Can gaze for hours at a bird, a child, the sea To live on the earth is to become part of it To strike down roots that won't pull free”

  Ataol Behramoğlu (born 1942) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: I've Learned Some Things" (1977)

• “The aim was to provide that in boring occupations hours should be short, and in interesting work long. Exceptionally, some monotonous work involved rather long hours, but in such cases the workers were chosen from the psychological class who thrive best on monotonous occupations in which they can day-dream.”

  Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Would you rather work forty hours a week at a job you hate or eighty hours a week doing work you love?”

  Jay Samit (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I don’t know about that because nobody said anything to me on my face. And if I was being favoured, I would have just come for a couple of hours for the shoot and gone. Instead, I used to be on the sets for more than six hours, rehearsing, performing and then rushing off for my Madhubala shoot!”

  Drashti Dhami (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Do you think that during the first five hours of the day you are the same as you are in the last five hours? No way. You’re tired, and if you’re tired, you stop listening, and the decisions you make are risky.”

  Brunello Cucinelli (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I knew nothing when I first met him. He taught me to see things through his eyes. Dalí was my teacher. He let me use his brushes, his paint and his canvas, so that I could play around while he was painting for hours and hours in the same studio. Surrealism was a good school for me. Listening to Dalí talk was better than going to any art school.”

  Amanda Lear (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Finally after hours of googling, I can write my program. That what's I call research. The research takes 3 hours, writing the program takes 2 minutes, for the final version. You publish the program, and you throw away the research. That's not smart. Somebody later cannot figure out how you did it because all he's see is the end result.”

  Joe Armstrong (programmer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In 8 hours I’ll put on a mask, leave my home, head to the airport, fly for 6 hours, quarantine for 14 days, and hopefully by mid-July I’ll be able to see my mom. I would not be going if there were not urgent family issues, but I won’t lie: I am afraid.”

  Katherine Maher (born 1983) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Twitter, (6 July 2020)

• “Oh, for the love, I can't even simulate sex without dying!. I had a little asthma attack, without any prior knowledge that I had asthma, during the scene where we had to jump up and down for hours and hours screaming and yelling on the bed. [It] was humiliating, because it was the second day of shooting.”

  Emma Stone (born 1988) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Emma Stone Recalls Asthma Attack During 'Easy A' Fake-Sex Scenes". MTV News. September 15, 2010.

• “I put in hours and hours, and weeks, to create something that people are going to react to in three seconds, and they’re either going to like it, or they’re not going to like it, they won’t warm up to it, they won’t do anything, they’re going to have an immediate visceral response.”

  Tim Jacobus (born 1959) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Goosebumps' covers owe their weirdness to one hardworking artist (August 29, 2017)

• “Writing is tiring and difficult, but I can sit at my desk for hours and hours, writing through the night to dawn. I never had any prior writing experience, but I learned that it’s not about using heavy vocabulary, and more about how I can express my sincerity.”

  Brigitte Lin (born 1954) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: As quoted in "Brigitte Lin, a timeless national treasure" in Taipei Times (15 May 2018)

• “It’s about training and discipline, right now I am from training, I went around five o’clock, I did two hours 17 minutes, almost closer to 30 kilometres, it’s pretty slow, at two hours I should have covered 30km, I haven’t got a lot of speed but a combination of speed and endurance, it will make things work”

  Samukeliso Moyo (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Christ Himself prayed every night. He had a great deal of knowledge, but He spent hours in prayer after midnight. During these hours He was filled with energy like a dynamo. He then used that energy during the day. In other words, we draw energy from God while praying.”

  Peter Deunov (1864–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Well, the whole flight took 13 hours…4 to Japan, 9 hours across the water to China. No particular or dramatic things happened. We ended up thinking about what could happen, especially after Hank, our navigator, handed me a note saying we were going to end up about 180 miles short of China. We didn’t know what to think about that. But we got to China with fuel to spare, a tailwind helped us.”

  Richard E. Cole (1915–2019) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Dick Cole: The Last Doolittle Raider" (2017)

• “In Odessa region [there is] a city, 50 kilometres, not far away... Fifty kilometres... You know, the distance isn't measured in kilometres. Two hours! It takes two hours to drive 50 kilometres. (Describing his journey from Izmail to Kiliia)”

  Vitali Klitschko (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I come out as if there were no hours in the days, nor planets in the hours; Neither do I care for any thing, but that interlude of Perendenga in Michael Cervantes: Let the old Man my Master live, and Christ be with us thus all. Thou wilt wonder now where this drives, Conde de lemos, nor a cardinal to pray for.”

  Thomas Vaughan (philosopher) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In 48 hours, they tried to take over government and sideline me – and, by that, sideline the constitution. In that 48 hours, I fought for my rights.”

  Joyce Banda (born 1950) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Joyce Banda: 'I want Malawians to say our country became a better place'The Guardians(December 17,2012)

• “Think about it, you anchor a show for four hours and you’re paid more than you’re paid in a movie just for one day’s work. 24 hours and you’re smiling to the bank!”

  Bimbo Akintola (born 1970) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: How lucrative anchoring is (2012)

• “I asked myself, why I couldn’t try. Then, I decided that I can push beyond the 24 hours and add two more hours”

  Cathia Uwamahoro (born 1993) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: , The Cricket World Record Holder From Rwanda (07 July 2017)

• “Sleep became so strange to me. I wondered how I could actually manage 48 or 72 hours with only six hours of sleep but I did and I got through it so I think in summary, it is about the type of help I had.”

  Abimbola Abolarinwa (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Here in Kyrgyzstan, in every public and private sector, you don't work more than three hours a day, at full pay, with the reservation of a possible hour of overtime. The remaining 20 and 21 hours of the day are devoted to sleep, food, creativity, love, life, oneself, one's children, and one's fellow human beings. (p. 8)”

  Silvano Agosti (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In myriad swarms, each summer sun An insect nation shows; Whose being, since he rose, begun; And e’er he sets will close.Brief is their date, confin’d their pow’rs, The fluttering of a day;— Yet life’s worth living, ev’n for hours, When all those hours—are play.”

  Samuel Bishop (1731–1795) said by 1795 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Denmark has become a... pioneer in... that only 4% of our waste goes into a landfill, 42% is recycled and 54% is transformed into district heating and electricity. As a power source, 6 pounds of garbage from your kitchens turns into 4 hours of electricity and 5 hours of domestic heating.”

  Bjarke Ingels (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Look at a shadow. Even within 24 hours, the length of your shadow differs dramatically, even though your height in 24 hours is unchanged. People get scared or overconfident looking at the length of the shadow.”

  Masayoshi Son (born 1957) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Exclusive Interview: Masayoshi Son Talks WeWork, Vision Fund And SoftBank Under Siege" in Forbes Middle East (7 April 2020)

• “This happened just three hours after the party was founded. [...] There is the old saying of a ‘three-day shogun,’ but the Farmer-Labor Party was a three-hour shogun, and accordingly my first term as secretary-general lasted only three hours.”

  Inejirō Asanuma (1898–1960) first seen 1956 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: My Resume (私の履歴書), Nihon Keizai Shimbun, 1956 (book form: 1957).

• “I went to a performing arts high school so from the fourth grade I was training in dance. Dancing is what I wanted to do first because that’s what I trained the most in and trained the most vigorously for – hours and hours a day, five days a week and if there was a show or a performance – you can only imagine.”

  Gabrielle Dennis (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Isn't it odd how parents grieve if their child spends six hours a day on the 'Net, but are delighted if those same hours are spent reading books?”

  Nicholas Negroponte (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “In Odessa region [there is] a city, 50 kilometres, not far away... Fifty kilometres... You know, the distance isn't measured in kilometres. Two hours! It takes two hours to drive 50 kilometres.”

  Vitali Klitschko (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “There is something about nature—everyone has their own time. Everyone has their turn. Someone who doesn’t make it today may succeed tomorrow. When it is your time, don’t overdo things. Someone else’s time will come too.”

  Adebayo Tijani (born 1975) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: I Have Been Directing Movies For 40 Years 05 February 2025, CITY PEOPLE MAGAZINE (Nigeria)

• “A time to gain, a time to lose A time to rend, a time to sew A time of love, a time of hate A time of peace... I swear it's not too late.”

  Pete Seeger (1919–2014) first seen 1954 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Turn! Turn! Turn!" (1954)

• “Just yesterday morning, they let me know that you were gone. Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you. I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song, I just can't remember who to send it to. I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end. I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend. But I always thought that I'd see you again.”

  James Taylor (born 1948) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Fire and Rain" · Live performance (1970)

• “Margaret Ll. Davies writes that Janet is dying and will I write on her for The Times – a curious thought, rather: as if it mattered who wrote, or not. But this flooded me with the idea of Janet yesterday. I think writing, my writing, is a species of mediumship. I become the person.”

  Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) first seen 1937 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Entry of 11 July 1937, in A Writer's Diary (1953)

• “Simon Vinkenoog died at the full age of nearly 81. Indeed, yesterday 18 July would have been his birthday. Born and buried on the same day, that was astrology enthusiast Simon Vinkenoog for you. I guess it must have been his Cancer sun sign that made him so chaotic and so dependent on constant female attention; he married six times.”

  Simon Vinkenoog (1928–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “And here you are yesterday's ensign soldier or captain shell-shocked a hundred times shot through darned and put back together half-mad and dull you write and write and whine from helplessness and melancholy and tears flow down your face and get stuck in your stubble And you understand that you shouldn't have returned from the war.”

  Arkady Babchenko (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The disciples were not losing time when they sat beside their Master, and held quiet converse with Him under the olives of Bethany or by the shores of Galilee. Those were their school-hours; those were their feeding times.”

  Theodore L. Cuyler (1822–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I now spend a good part of my day dreaming of times past, present and future. As I try to survive on 15 hours sleep a day, I have plenty of time to enjoy vivid dreams. Being completely wheel-chaired doesn't stop my mind from roaming the universe — on the contrary!”

  Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “While it’s tempting to just keep going endlessly (and there are absolutely times when you need to put in more hours than are probably healthy), you have to strike a balance that allows for time off to relax, unwind and be lazy.”

  Amali de Alwis (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The best time to write a story is yesterday. The next best time is today.”

  R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: It's Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs (1995)

• “It’s been 25 years, and people tend to forget or think that maybe with time it gets better, but healing and time are two different things.” For survivors, the genocide is as clear as yesterday,”

  Valentine Rugwabiza (born 1963) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: ["Rwanda honours Father Desbois for his role in fighting Genocide"], The New Times (29 March 2019)

• “If you prefer sitting in traffic to sitting at your desk, if you pass office hours waiting for closing time, if you spend more time on Facebook than you do attending to important emails then perhaps it's time for you to consider quitting your job.”

  Chibundu Onuzo (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Value your energy. Value your time. Time is a finite resource you can never get back or buy. What are you doing with the 24 hours you get each day? Stop waiting for the right moment. The time is now. I’m really out here trying to live my life to the fullest these days. Who’s joining me?”

  Temi Otedola (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “R&D/good times and bad times. R&D may have to take its lumps in tough times ... But beware of cutting too much muscle.”

  Tom Peters (born 1942) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: 08 January 2018

• “This happened and as of today the United States is willingly, knowingly, intentionally sending arms to terrorists, now what this says to me, I'm a believer in Jesus Christ, as I look at the end times scripture, this says to me that the leaf is on the fig tree and we are to understand the signs of the times, which is your ministry, we are to understand where we are in God's end times history.”

  Michele Bachmann (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “We believe in constitutional action in normal times; we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times. These are exceptional times.”

  James Connolly (1868–1916) first seen 1915 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Workers Republic (socialist newspaper) 4 December, 1915 in “Trust Your Leaders!

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