Rachel Riley Quotes

I wish I had a typical workday. I struggle to get up at seven and almost always fail. I just try to get to my office as soon as I can, but it's always later than I would like.

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

I set the time on my iPhone to be 30 minutes late, so I'm only an hour and a half late to appointments now.

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.

It takes me 10 minutes to get ready to go out, and that includes the shower.

Looking in the mirror to check if my tie is straight is a waste of my time. I only look in the mirror once a day, and that's in the morning when I shave.

There are two types of people in this world: people who can be on time and Nigerians. I am in the latter group, and I confess to my inability to arrive anywhere punctually.

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

I'm always running late - it's my downfall.

I can never be on time anywhere.

Over the years I have heard all the psychological analysis which says that habitually tardy people are narcissists and I don't buy it. I'm late because I am always trying to do one more thing for my family before I leave the door.

I'm late to everything. I've always wanted to have it written in my will that when I die, the coffin shows up a half hour late and says on the side, like in gold, 'Sorry I'm Late'.

Roosevelt could always keep ahead with his work, but I cannot do it, and I know it is a grievous fault, but it is too late to remedy it. The country must take me as it found me. Wasn't it your mother who had a servant girl who said it was no use for her to try to hurry, that she was a "Sunday chil" and no "Sunday chil" could hurry? I don't think I am a Sunday child, but I ought to have been; then I would have had an excuse for always being late.

He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.

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

Weak vacillating and tardy

If you calculate 15 minutes a day to shave, that is 5,000 minutes a year spent shaving.

I don't wash my hair really too much, and I just roll out of bed and try to push it out of my eyes.

There have been times when I didn't quite make my deadline.

I can get ready in five minutes, but getting out of bed takes forever.

I've inherited my mom's nurturing side, but I've also gotten her 'chronically five minutes late for everything' side, too!

I really take pride in doing my own make-up all the time, which takes me about 40 minutes, and my hair takes another 15 to 20 minutes. Putting on my gear is probably another 15 minutes, so all in all, I don't think an hour and a half is too bad!

I hate it when people are late, and I hate being late.

I'm the worst night owl, because I'm a self-loathing night owl who thinks, 'No, I should be getting up early.' It feels unproductive. I must get over that.