quotes about time passing too fast

In a gathering of two or more people, when a lighted cigarette is placed in an ashtray, the smoke will waft into the face of the non-smoker. ~Author Unknown


Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that - one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes


Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink. ~W.H. Davies


Death a friend that alone can bring the peace his treasures cannot purchase, and remove the pain his physicians cannot cure. ~Mortimer Collins


Breast Feeding should not be attempted by fathers with hairy chests, since they can make the baby sneeze and give it wind. ~Mike Harding, The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac, 1981


Trying to sneak a pitch past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster. ~Attributed to both Joe Adcock and Curt Simmons


You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself. ~Alan Alda


Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960


Vacation: a period of travel and relaxation when you take twice the clothes and half the money you need. ~Author Unknown


No man sees far; the most see no farther than their noses. ~Thomas Carlyle, "Count Cagliostro," 1833


A sister smiles when one tells one's stories - for she knows where the decoration has been added. ~Chris Montaigne


Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that. ~Michael Leunig


Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. ~Socrates


If you keep rephrasing the question, it gradually becomes the answer. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com


You can cage the singer but not the song. ~Harry Belafonte, in International Herald Tribune, 3 October 1988


Some see a hopeless end, while others see an endless hope. ~Author Unknown


You see, when weaving a blanket, an Indian woman leaves a flaw in the weaving of that blanket to let the soul out. ~Martha Graham


The most tangible of all visible mysteries - fire. ~Leigh Hunt


The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living. ~Will Rogers


Trust me, death is the best argument for moisturizer. ~Coupling, "Sex, Death and Nudity," original airdate 26 May 2000, written by Steven Moffat, spoken by the character Sally