Timed Quotes

“In the fifth grade I discovered something I could do better than the other kids. One day, the teacher set up a bunch of chairs, and she had everyone run to the chairs and back while she timed us. I had the fastest time in the whole school!”

“Books are up against TV and movies and video games and a multimedia society that is so busy that people don't have contemplative time any more. I worry deeply about this. In fact, I worry about everything all the time. I used to be a punk. All I wanted to do was tear everything down, and that was so much easier.”

“I timed my previous wife's pregnancy to the moment to have my son born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday. There is no bigger Bob Dylan fan than me. You don't just time the day and impregnate your wife to get your kid to be born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday.”

“Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.”

“Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.”

“Never underestimate the effect of well-timed silence.”

“It angers me that a timed, planned and paid smearing campaign is run against me in the press.”

“I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.”

“The course of a life can be changed with some well timed, lovingly asked, honestly answered questions.”