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“When a man is not concerned with "seeing," things look very much the same to him every time he looks at the world. When he learns to "see," on the other hand, nothing is ever the same every time he "sees" it, and yet it is the same. To the eye of a seer, a man is like an egg. Every time he "sees" the same man he "sees" a luminous egg, yet it is not the same luminous egg.”
Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“His golden locks time hath to silver turned; O time too swift! Oh swiftness never ceasing! His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain; youth waneth by encreasing.”
George Peele (1556–1596) said by 1596 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“He that lacks time to mourn, lacks time to mend. Eternity mourns that. 'T is an ill cure For life's worst ills, to have no time to feel them. Where sorrow 's held intrusive and turned out, There wisdom will not enter, nor true power, Nor aught that dignifies humanity.”
Sir Henry Taylor (1800–18) said by 18 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times.”
Edward Coke (1549–1634) first seen 1602 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twyne's Case (1602).
“Thus times do shift; each thing his turn does hold: New things succeed, as former things grow old.”
Robert Herrick (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Robert Herrick
“Praise they that will times past; I joy to see Myself now live: this age best pleaseth me.”
Robert Herrick (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Know when to speak; for many times it brings Danger to give the best advice to kings.”
Robert Herrick (poet) first seen 1037 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1037. "Caution in Counsel
“For I must write to The Times tonight, and save the world from sin.”
A. P. Herbert (1890–1971) first seen 1925 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Saviours", Laughing Ann (1925).
“Every poet hopes that after-times Shall set some value on his votive lay.”
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) first seen 1840 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To the Duchess of Sutherland (c. 1840).
“The demolition derby is, pure and simple, a form of gladiatorial combat for our times.”
Tom Wolfe (1930–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe the best poetry of our times is growing too artistic; the study is too visible. If freedom and naturalness are lost out of poetry, everything worth having is lost.”
Lucy Larcom (1824–1893) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Journal entry (2 March 1861), Ch. 5 : The Beginning of the War.
“Of such a goddess no times leave record, That burnt the temple where she was adored.”
Thomas Carew (1594–1640) said by 1640 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter "O!”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Times are ripe to discuss about the vote right, at least on an administrative level, for immigrant persons.”
Gianfranco Fini (born 1952) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Corriere della Sera, Fini: diamo il diritto di voto agli immigrati, 7 October 2003.
“There were times when all Hillel and I had was each other. We were fucked up and understood what it was to be living in an out-of-control fog. (Scar Tissue, 2004).”
Anthony Kiedis (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is the logic of our times, No subject for immortal verse— That we who lived by honest dreams Defend the bad against the worse.”
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972) said by 1972 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We fought against an enemy six times as large as us.”
Sepp Dietrich (1892–1966) first seen 1946 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Leon Goldensohn, February 28, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" - by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
“How many times since have I asked God to forgive me for my ignorance? I didn't see then that the democratic mandate for Pakistan had been grossly violated.”
Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The diseases we suffer from the births we get here on earth are all products of actions done by us in previous times. Every action has its reaction and no action goes unrewarded in a suitable manner. Evil actions do not go without their bitter effects upon the doer. Here are given some of the many pitiable conditions of life which man has to live in due to his careless sinful deeds.”
Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) first seen 1959 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Karmas and Diseases, Divine Life Society, (1959)
“Practice the virtue during the day. Feel that you actually possess courage to an enormous degree. Manifest it in your daily life. In some weeks or months fear will be replaced by courage. Repeat the formula “Om courage” mentally, daily several times.”
Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He many times cast himself upon the ground, with a desperate and obstinate resolution to rest there till the morning, that he might shift with less torment, what hazard soever he run.”
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609–1674) said by 1674 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Russians were five times superior to us poor but brave Germans, both in numbers and in the superiority of their equipment. My immediate commander was Hitler himself. Unfortunately, Hitler's advice in those critical periods was invariably lousy.”
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881–1954) first seen 1946 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Leon Goldensohn (25 June 1946). Quoted in "The Nuremberg Interviews", Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellatel (2004).
“I cannot see, why arms should be denied to any man who is not a slave, since they are the only true badges of liberty; and ought never, but in times of utmost necessity, to be put into the hands of mercenaries or slaves: neither can I understand, why any man that has arms, should not be taught the use of them. p. 50”
Andrew Fletcher (1655–1716) said by 1716 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Reason does not need thinking. If you observe yourself making a plan you will notice that having fixed the object, the facts just keep coming, linking up into a chain of proposed action. Awareness is experiencing from moment to moment. Reason acts quickly in awareness, a thousand times faster than thought, and you do not even notice it is operating.”
Barry Long (1926–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm just as fragile and broken as anyone else at times. We all have to get through our stuff as best we can. Some of us have strong armour, some of us don't. Sometimes my armour has been very strong and sometimes it's been very fragile.”
Anastacia (born 1968) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anastacia: I'm as fragile and as broken as anyone else, Metro.co.uk, May 1, 2014.
“I wish I were a boy again—unquestioning, with no need to analyze the moment. I had that feeling when I first stared at her photograph; I was emotionally overwhelmed. Now reality impinges. I’m pulled in two directions simultaneously—toward yearning and toward reason. It’s at times like this I hate the brain. It always builds more barriers than it can topple.”
Richard Matheson (1926–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've been very fortunate throughout my career. And I've been lucky enough to have worked with some great and talented people, like Price and Serling. I was just a part of the whole phenomenon coming together. They were exciting times that bubbled over with energy for all those involved.”
Richard Matheson (1926–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Times daily change and we likewise in them; Things out of sight do straight forgotten die.”
William Alexander (1567–1640) said by 1640 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I used to dislike the Whigs but in my years of loneliness I have come to the conclusion that they governed England better than anybody else. They thought our their measures carefully and adapted them to their times and generation. They were not heroic but they were wise. In modern days we see much heroism but little wisdom.”
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929) first seen 1921 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Strachey (19 October 1921), quoted in Leo McKinstry, Rosebery: Statesman in Turmoil (2006), p. 526
“Do you remember at the presidential convention where they nominated Bush? Did you know what song they played to bring Bush on stage? No. “The Best of Times” from La Cage aux Folles. I said some fag pulled a fast one on them!”
Harvey Fierstein (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And who amongst us would exchange the long line of amiable or prudent statesmen in English history, for all those masterful and awe-inspiring geniuses who have imposed themselves on France and Germany in modern times?”
Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was burned so many times that I stopped giving interviews. In other words, if my words ended up in print, they were twisted in an indescribable fashion.”
Jim Garrison (1921–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...Witnesses in this case do have a habit of dying at the most inconvenient times. I understand a London insurance firm has prepared an actuarial chart on the likelihood of 20 of the people involved in this case dying within three years of the assassination -- and found the odds 30 trillion to one. But I'm sure NBC will shortly discover that one of my investigators bribed the computer.”
Jim Garrison (1921–1992) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: [Playboy interview, October 1967.]
“Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.”
Akio Morita (1921–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's lovely having grass and trees and flowers (Of course, at times, mosquitoes are a pest). Yes, life is life out here in Rangely Towers (Of course Some People like the city best)!”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The peculiar rigidity of the English mind is seen at its noblest in the Times literary supplement.”
Norman Lindsay (1879–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Kenneth Slessor, printed in Douglas Stewart, A Man of Sydney (Melbourne, 1977), p. 164
“After fifty don’t go to a funeral if you can avoid it. It’s bad enough to go to your own when times comes.”
Robert Service (1874–1958) first seen 1942 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ServiceWise & OtherWise (1942)
“She examined his face in that special detached way that all women seem to have at times, looking at your face as if it was not part of you, but something you were showing them, like a picture or a piece of china. Then she nodded wisely at it.”
J. B. Priestley (1894–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Superior technical achievements — used correctly both strategically and tactically — can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.”
Adolf Galland (1912–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[S]ome modern [Christian] praise music sung in churches during Sunday worship service is referred to as 7-11 music: seven words repeated eleven times.”
Robert J. Marks II (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My lifestyle is very healthy. I eat very healthy and we cook at home. We don't eat out a lot, we don't go out for fast food a lot -- and it's the same with the children. I'm a pain in the butt with my children. I want them to eat right. They hate me for it a lot of times, but I don't want to make my life easy and skip those roles that I feel like I have to have as a mother.”
Heidi Klum (born 1973) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Stylelist.com, 10 February 2010.
“We are so close to the world of work that we can't see what it does to us. We have to rely on outside observers from other times or other cultures to appreciate the extremity and the pathology of our present position.”
“We should … stop the political indoctrination of our children and begin proudly teaching them the real history of the West instead of multiculturalist lies designed to instill shame in our own heritage. We must also prepare the coming generation for the difficult times ahead.”
Geert Wilders (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cultural relativism is a misleading concept. People are equal but cultures are not. A culture based on humanity and freedom is always better than a culture based on intolerance and submission. Therefore I respect Hinduism a million times more than Islam.”
Geert Wilders (born 1963) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Geert Wilders, Jun 13, 2022
“This has been a big incident, hasn't in. In reality, James Anderson was a B-grade bowler who got his arse-whipped by Australia that many times it's not even funny. Frankly I don't care what he has to say but at least he has improved his bowling, thank goodness”
Matthew Hayden (born 1971) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted on Telegraph.co.uk (October 18, 2012), "Matthew Hayden labels England's James Anderson a 'B-Grade bowler' after dressing-room Ashes fracas
“In comparison with 2006, the death rate has decreased by two times, and it is the lowest since the formation of the army. But we can not say this is a good result, because even one death is a loss for us.”
Mikael Harutyunyan (born 1946) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in 2008 article. [about the death of soldiers, January 2008]
“The story of what happened to me is, in many ways, the story of our censorious times, in which independent thinking is seen as a threat rather than a virtue, and punished as such”
Larry Sanger (born 1968) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jun 6/26/2026
“To be an atheist you have to have ten thousand times more imagination than if you are a religious fundamentalist. You must take the responsibility to acquire information, digest and use it to understand what you can.”
Peter Greenaway (born 1942) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In an interview in Cineaste, 1991
“All of America’s wars except the first—the war for independence — were wars for Empire. Keep that fact in mind as you hear the Memorial Day bloviations about the brave men and women who served our country in its times of peril.”
Paul Craig Roberts (born 1939) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Our Prospects Against the Russians & Chinese in WW3, Information Clearing House (28 May 2016)
“I never believed in a God. [...] There may have been times when I wondered if there might be a God, but it always seemed to me wildly implausible that a God worth worshipping could allow the Holocaust to occur.”
Peter Singer (born 1946) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview, as cited by Dan Goldberg "Peter Singer: is he really the most dangerous man in the world?", The Jewish Chronicle (24 November 2016)