Lin Yutang Quotes

Sometimes it feels like there aren't enough hours in a day to get everything done.

I always feel like I'm running an hour and a half late.

I don't need time, I need a deadline.

I think there's always great tension because there never seems to be enough - there is always pressure. There's always pressure because there isn't enough time. There's never enough time for a movie, it seems to me. Never.

When you do a movie the clock is ticking. It's like a sport.

I feared the verdict of the watch, where I either lost the race against time that day or would lose it soon by making the record even harder to break. The time trap had snapped shut.

I am a man in a hurry.

You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.

We are always rushing to an appointment or trying to meet a deadline.

Hurry boys, hurry, we have to make a quick change or the hour will be up.

There's time enough, but none to spare.

We all deal with issues of time. The first thing you do in the morning is look at the clock to see what time it is.

I am always in a rush because time is slipping away, and I am chasing it, chasing it.

I've got tons more stuff to do.

I don't even have time to buy clothes.

I have so much to do! And there's so little time!

We're all confounded by a lack of time.

In television, there's no time. You can't walk around and get into the mood. Nobody is going to wait for you. They're like, "Let's go!," and I'm like, "Wait, I haven't gotten in the mood!"

Everybody knows the power of deadlines - and we all hate them. But their effectiveness is undeniable.

Deadlines and things make you creative.

Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much.

I don't need time. What I need is a deadline!

I'm always late for things and always feel like I'm rushing.

We have not the time to take our time.

Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.