Respect for Others' Time Quotes

I don’t like people who are late.

Punctuality or the lack thereof oftentimes is the only introduction one will ever have to new groups and friends. Serenity and poise are not the companions of those who lack the courtesy and judgment to be on time.

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.

Be on time because it shows you care.

I never keep boys waiting. It's a hard trial for a boy to wait.

A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily

America, I'm gonna shoot straight with you, I think I've wasted your time. I think this is the first time I have wasted an hour of your time. I apologize for that.

One good thing about punctuality is that it's a sure way to help you enjoy a few minutes of privacy.

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It has nothing to do with the relation of the soul to God, or with mystic insight, or with any of the matters with which the more elevated and spiritual moralists are concerned.

A man who has nothing to do with his own time has no conscience in his intrusion on that of others.

People who are chronically tardy never understand the many ways in which they screw up the schedules of people who are punctual and 'normal'.

I find it rather tedious working with some actors who have to go into a corner and bounce up and down, shake their hands and arms, saying to the director, "Just a second - I'll be ready in a few minutes, " while all the other actors are waiting around to get in. Then they say, "OK! I'm ready now." And then they come on and do it exactly the same way they've done it in rehearsal.

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation.

Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you.