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“There is a saying 'justice delayed is justice denied'. Everyone knows of it, you do too. I have done three major things in Gujarat. I have increased court hours by 30 minutes every day; reduced court vacations by seven days; started evening courts with the same infrastructure.”
Narendra Modi (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Usually I get up at 5, it’s a habit I have had since I was in the RSS. I don’t need much sleep, three hours is enough for me. My friends and my doctors complain that it is too less, but it is sufficient for me. You can see, I have worked all day but even now I am sitting here easily talking to you.”
Narendra Modi (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The ticking seconds announcing the start of 60 Minutes signal the end to another weekend. Hearing the clock is a weekly reminder there are only a few short hours left in Sunday and that another work week is about to begin. Seeing the distinguished and debonair Ed Bradley is the only thing I like about this show.”
Ed Bradley (1941–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How much do babies cost?" said he The other night upon my knee; And then I said: "They cost a lot; A lot of watching by a cot, A lot of sleepless hours and care, A lot of heart-ache and despair, A lot of fear and trying dread, And sometimes many tears are shed In payment for our babies small, But every one is worth it all.”
Edgar Guest (1881–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Courage was never designed for show; It isn't a thing that can come and go; It's written in victory and defeat And every trial a man may meet. It's part of his hours, his days and his years, Back of his smiles and behind his tears. Courage is more than a daring deed: It's the breath of life and a strong man's creed.”
Edgar Guest (1881–1959) said by 1959 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was charging fifty rupees for arguing for fifteen minutes while a labourer was getting only three-quarters of a Rupee for twelve hours of toil. That was what was eating into me.”
Baba Amte (1914–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was surrounded by dance, music and religious chants, so it was that kind of a mood. Our family was very culturally-minded, especially my grandmother. She was also quite the disciplinarian. She made sure I practiced daily for hours.”
Vyjayanthimala (born 1936) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I saw the funeral scene, I just broke down. I ran out of the cabin into the woods, and for nearly 2-1/2 hours, I just cried: "Why, God, did You take him?”
Bernice King (born 1963) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reflection on experience at age sixteen in "Faces of Faith: A Connection Magazine Anthology" (2006), p. 82.
“It was a great experience. Unfortunately those days are over. Nowadays, you seldom see an artist listening to another artiste. Also, the sangeet jalsas, would go on for hours. I remember the tickets were priced at 50 paise for sitting on the ground and a rupee for a chair! All this may sound quaint today.”
Gangubai Hangal (1913–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The first phase of violence that began on February 28, 2002 and lasted until March 3, 2002 was characterised by anti-social politicians of all hues exploiting mass outrage against the Muslim community for the Godhra train burning. However, the worst was over in 72 hours due to a swift deployment of the army. By mid-March, the situation started cooling down.”
Madhu Kishwar (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With my inner consciousness I understood immediately; a few hours later the creation was gone … and from that moment we started anew on other bases.”
Mirra Alfassa (1878–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reprting about developments after the descent of over mind into the physical, quoted in "Pondicherry", also in The Mother: The Story of Her Life by Georges Van Vrekhem (2004), p. 107
“The inescapable conclusion is that the direct contribution of man-hours and capital accumulation would hardly account for more than a tenth of the rate of growth in per capita product — and probably less. The large remainder must be assigned to an increase in efficiency in the productive resources, or the effects of changing arrangements, or to the impact of technological change, or to all three”
Simon Kuznets (1901–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was so excited to hear the Trinity College the first night of my stay in the College: Trinity’s loquacious clock Who never let the quarters, night and day, Slip by him improclaimed, and told the hours Twice over with a male and female voice...”
Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The circumference of earth at equator is 40,000 km and by dividing it with 24 hours (earth completes its rotation in a day), it comes out to 1,667 km. This reverse phenomenon happened at 60 degrees latitude because their jet plane managed a speed of 833.5 km which is half of circumference of the earth.”
Jayant Narlikar (1938–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let one hour, the same regularly each day, be set aside for food, so that out of the twenty-four hours of day and night, barely shall this one be expended on the body, the ascetic devoting the remainder to the activities of the mind.”
Basil of Caesarea (329–379) said by 379 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[At age 7] In eight hours of concentrated practice between my twice-weekly lessons, I memorized the A major and played it for Persinger.”
Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What makes a nightmare nightmarish is the sense that something is happening that should not be. While nightmares are the most convenient reference point for this sense of the impossible, the unthinkable, as something that is actually happening, it is not restricted to our sleeping hours.”
Thomas Ligotti (born 1953) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Shadow at The Bottom of The World (2005), Introduction
“Oceanographer Edward Baker and his colleagues... came across a startling anomaly. ...something peculiar: a football-shaped mass of warm water some twelve miles across and nearly half a mile from top to bottom. ...a half a degree warmer than the surrounding sea water. ...18 billion kilowatt-hours of energy ...The researchers dubbed this feature a megaplume.”
Shawna Vogel wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The most successful people have the same twenty-four hours in a day that you do.”
Jay Samit (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stephane replied within 24 hours and gave us a review code. These are the facts. It's unthinkable that Stephane could possibly believe that we had no intention of monetizing the content.”
TotalBiscuit (1984–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am going because the Army did not give me the political support to continue as commander and President of the nation. I am not one of those who abandon the ship in the middle of tempests or difficult hours such as those the nation is living in today. The people of the nation know this.”
Leopoldo Galtieri (1926–2003) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: AROUND THE WORLD; Former Argentina Chief Testifies on War", The New York Times (March 25, 1983)
“The emerging picture from... studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of master associated with being a world-class expert—in anything.”
Daniel Levitin (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Joni uses a lot of alternate tunings; that is, instead of tuning the guitar in the customary way, she tunes the strings to pitches of her own choosing. ...Joni will talk compellingly and passionately about alternate tunings for hours, comparing them to different colors that van Gogh used in his paintings.”
Daniel Levitin (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A good rule of thumb is every couple of hours take fifteen minutes off. Naps are also very helpful, short naps. Even a ten or fifteen minute nap in the middle of the day can be the equivalent of an hour and a half of extra sleep the night before, and it can raise your effective IQ by ten points.”
Daniel Levitin (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I love Rudy and I remember I was leaving for two months and I wept for like 12 hours on the plane because I wasn’t going to get to see him. So yes. I can relate to my self. … But it was only four years — and not that many boyfriends ago.”
Maia Mitchell (born 1993) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Maia Mitchell: My Audition For ‘The Fosters’ Was ‘Crap’" by Sean Daly at The TV Page (20 January 2014)
“I woke in the dawn. The plains of the Wilderness were exploding into light. It was the first hour of day, one of the two most beautiful hours of the desert, where sunrise and sunset are the queen and king.”
Tanith Lee (1947–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lir chiseled at the stone. It would take a month to make a perceptible impression on it. He had a few hours. Work harder, then.”
Tanith Lee (1947–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, sir. Perhaps a few hours will show who are the brave.”
Johann de Kalb (1721–1780) first seen 1780 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In August 1780, as quoted in "Death of Baron De Kalb" (1849), by Benjamin Franklin Ells, The Western Miscellany, Volume 1, p. 234.
“There was never a conspiracy, never a tremendous fear. This is a society which is now in its third generation of severe political repression, so that children in North Korea have several hours of political education a day. Their parents did, and their grandparents did.”
Ash Carter (1954–2022) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: pbs.org interview, 3 March 2003
“By prayer I do not mean only the fixed Hours, the Hullale of the psalter and the liturgical hymns.”
Isaac of Nineveh (640–700) said by 700 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have to be back in three hours," Ronan said. "I just fed Chainsaw but she'll need it again." "This," Gansey replied "is precisely why I didn't want to have a baby with you.”
Maggie Stiefvater (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After some hours, the dogs, exhausted by running round, almost dead, their tongues hanging out, set upon one another and, not knowing what they are doing, tear one another into thousands of pieces with incredible rapidity. Yet they do not do this out of cruelty.”
Comte de Lautréamont (1846–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We notice the movement of automobiles and beings in the street, but we do not notice that the earth turns. We believe that automobiles go at a great speed on a fixed ground; yet the speed of the earth's rotation at the equator is 40,000 km every 24 hours.”
Alexander Calder (1898–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You always did think like an engineer, Svieta.” She nodded. It was only hours later that she realised he had not necessarily meant it as a compliment.”
Alastair Reynolds (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There had been a human soul in that skull only a few hours earlier, and now no authority in the universe could bring her back. We were like monkeys sitting around a fire that had just extinguished, wondering why the warmth and light had gone away.”
Alastair Reynolds (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She worked quickly, but not because she considered the commission beneath her. It was simply the way she always approached her art. Preparation, forethought, hours of meditation, then an explosion of swift and decisive action, like the quick and merciful descent of a sword. Execution, in every sense of the word.”
Alastair Reynolds (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here too the curfew operated as everywhere in Pakistan. Muslims were free to move about during curfew hours, to set fire to houses of non-Muslims and to commit murders.”
Gurbachan Singh Talib (1911–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Appreciate the magnificent brain you possess. Protect and nurture it. Strive to be a good skeptic and critical thinker so that fewer hours of your precious life will be squandered on dead-end beliefs. Always try to think like a scientist so that you might better know truth from fiction.”
Guy P. Harrison (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“His last hours alive. But he didn’t know! None of us will know, of course. The weird grammar of death. You die, he or she dies, they die, but there is no genuine form for “I”. Not really. All know that, none know when.”
Adam Roberts (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I make the most outrageous demands on my imagination and leave aside everything else, theory and nature study, as other people understand them. This is the only way I can work, drawing on nothing but my own faculty of imagination with I feed without stint – except in working hours.”
Franz Marc (1880–1916) first seen 1910 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in Marc's letter to August Macke, 1910; as cited by , in Expressionism; Praeger Publishers, New York, 1973, pp. 127-28
“For as I grow older, life seems to me simply an endless succession of problems to be solved, rather than hours to be enjoyed.”
Nick Drake (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The different thought-processes seem to differ chiefly in respect to their temporal . If plants have souls, then hours and days must be for them what seconds are for us. The corresponding period for the earth-soul, at least for its outward activity, possibly embraces many thousands of years.”
Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866) said by 1866 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The blinds wide open so he can See you in the dark when you're sleepin' Naked body fresh out the shower You touch yourself after hours.”
Frank Ocean (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hey. On my worst day, I'll train for two hours. You know what I'm saying? Like, I don't have hobbies. I don't have too many hobbies. I'm always working, I'm always training.”
Nate Diaz (born 1985) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Nate Diaz discusses win over Conor McGregor" (5 March 2016), UFC on FOX, FOX
“Sounds impressive. And expensive.” “Not at all.” Danziger shook his head firmly. “It will cost, all told, only a little over three million dollars, less than the cost of two hours of war, and a better buy.”
Jack Finney (1911–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The secret to your success lies in surrounding yourself with sustainable love, and that starts with loving yourself. This is your hardest challenge. Through hundreds of hours spent coaching I have observed a common pattern – we can easily express our love for other people, possessions or experiences but find it difficult to say we love ourselves.”
Nigel Cumberland (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ramadan still began on Thursday evening, though, and in the early hours on Friday morning, households gathered, as they have for centuries, to share a sleepy suhur — the pre-dawn meal.”
Fethullah Gülen (1941–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In his idle hours, Heusler sometimes amused himself by trying to conceive of a crime a mortal man could commit that was more monstrous than making a goddess fall in love with him. He had never succeeded.”
M. K. Hobson (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We not only worked hard—but we had a lot of fun doing it. We never saw the dynamics of work and fun as incompatible. If you’re going to spend a large percentage of your waking hours at work, why not enjoy it?”
Don Soderquist (1934–2016) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Don Soderquist “Live Learn Lead to Make a Difference, Thomas Nelson, April 2006 p. xix.
“Besides the long working hours, it can get monotonous meeting the same people and saying the samelines.”
Drashti Dhami (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source