Mason Cooley Quotes

I am working never to be late again.

I just want to be master of my own time. It is ironic that someone in the watch business should not be in control of his time.

There's no reason, ever, to be late. Or early.

I do not keep people waiting. I will always be on time.

Tell me I have to be somewhere, and I'll be there 20 minutes early and stay there longer than anybody else. You hold up a lot of people if you're not on time.

Unpunctuality is a vile habit.

I hate when people don't keep their word or they are late. Tardiness is a big pet peeve of mine.

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own.

I mean, Chris is, I'm sure, a wonderful guy. But in those days he also very, very late. For all appointments and departures and arrivals and sound checks and anything.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.

Most actresses are always running late - I'm no exception.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

I'm obsessed with being on time. If you say, 'Let's meet up at 10 A.M.,' I will be there 15 minutes early. Always.

Coming from college, where they tell you exactly what you have to do, and they tell you have to be at this at this time, you kind of get punishment for that. Now you're in the NFL, and you have to do it on your own.

I want to get rid of the image that I never turn up on time, because everyone always complains about this habit of mine.

I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely

Being on time to appointments and meetings is a phase of self-discipline and an evidence of self-respect. Punctuality is a courteous compliment the intelligent person pays to his associates.

If I want my time wasted, I'll waste it myself.

Listen, here it is: Technically, I never quit. I'm seven years late for work.

I'd make my promises now if I wasn't so busy arranging to keep them.

Sooner or later, I'll be punctual.

Early is on time and on time is late.

I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them.