John Dos Passos Quotes

We only have so much time.... Time will kill you – it really will.

I'm not one of these people who likes to do as little as possible. I really do feel the hot breath of time on the back of my neck these days. And there are certain things I want to do before my time is up.

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.

If you're not getting older, you're dead.

You feel a sense of urgency, especially at my advanced age, when you're staring into the grave.

The minute you're born, you're getting older.

We must go fast, because the race is against time.

It's later than it's ever been.

The industrial revolution turned time into a commodity.

Father Time is the enemy none of us can beat.

The most sacred thing you can get is time. That's all people want on their death bed; that's what it's all about.

It's a terrible thing to die young. Still, it saves a lot of time.

Consider that this day ne'er dawns again.

Every hour wounds. The last one kills.

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day to turn it all around or throw it all away. We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say.. Gotta live like we’re dying

Ah! the clock is always slow; it is later than you think.

You can't buy time. Everything, for me, seems to be a race against time. Especially musically.

We must improve our time; time goes with rapid foot.

I suddenly realized that we were on borrowed time, that time is always borrowed, and that the lending agency exacts its premium precisely when we are least prepared to pay and need to borrow more.

Time and tide and hookers wait for no man.

Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.

You’d better get busy, though, buddy. The goddam sands run out on you every time You turn around. I know what I’m talking about. You’re lucky if you get time to sneeze In this goddam phenomenal world.

Time is short and full, like an outgrown Frock - .

All of us have been dying, hour by hour, since the moment we were born. Realizing this, let all things be placed in their proper perspective. . . . Remember, it is always later than you think.

Delay not till tomorrow to be wise; tomorrow's sun to thee may neve rise.