The Hours Quotes

One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.

Some hours weigh against a whole lifetime.

Man is never watchful enough against dangers that threaten him every hour. [Lat., Quid quisque vitet nunquam homini satis Cautum est in horas.]

The hour of happiness will be the more welcome, the less it was expected.

Timothy Leary and I kept the same hours. He believed, as I do, that “After midnight, all things are possible.

At my age days dissolve like salt in water; the day's gone and I don't even know what I've done with the hours.

As soon as I reach my destination I have a cup of tea, something to eat and then sleep for about 13 hours. I make that an absolute rule and I always feel fresh afterwards and never have jet lag.

I get like six or so hours of sleep a night.

I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy for me.

I just adore being on set. I adore storytelling. I can be on a set 70 hours a week and on those weekends, I'll still want to watch movies.

You can allow yourself 72 hours of wallowing time. Then you've got to get into the gym, stop eating the ice cream and move on.

I spent most of my time in my room staring at a mirror. I never knew I was supposed to socialize. I just spent hours making faces at myself, having a good time.

I leave for the show at least an hour ahead, and I do some vocal warm-ups, and that's pretty much it.

Still on it creeps, Each little moment at another's heels, Till hours, days, years, and ages are made up Of such small parts as these, and men look back Worn and bewilder'd, wondering how it is.

The great thing about Florida is you - each city's about two hours' drive from everywhere else.

I don't walk around talking about my life and spouting my philosophy to people I don't know. I mean, if I get to know them, I'll talk for hours. I guess I like a lower-key scene.

'The Elephant Man' was hugely enjoyable to do. I thought the one stage, when Chris Tucker did the first makeup and it took 12 hours, I thought they'd actually found a way for me not to enjoy filming.

Let us not seek to make it less monstrous, for our own convenience, our own sense of beauty, lest, awakened in one unthinkable hour, we are embarrassed by the miracle, and crushed by remonstrance.

As you all know by now, this is the 51st annual Academy Awards. Two hours of sparkling entertainment spread out over a four-hour show.

The idea of being on TV 24 hours a day and people seeing the real me... No.

The cool thing about my character was that it's not that digital. I get to put hours of prosthetic makeup on and see a different creature altogether. I've seen how he looks and it's really cool.

Remember that everyone deserves some fun during working hours.

Sometimes I can be on a cloud and then two hours later feel really small.

I work in fashion because the world is such a heavy place that I need to be in this industry that fights for five hours to get a dress.

It is always a most delightful moment for me when people contact me via mail or approach me at game fairs and thank me for the many enjoyable hours I have brought them with my games.

I've loved every minute of every hour I've spent doing theatre.

For me, my life goal is to be in a position where I can wear pajamas 24 hours a day. That's what makes me happy.

The last person to get across that town in under three hours was yelling "The British are coming! The British are coming!"

It is that unoccupied space which makes a room habitable, as it is our leisure hours which make life endurable.

I think I existed on four hours sleep a night for four years.

Such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe.

there is not enough interest in life to spread over twenty-four hours when one can't sleep.

It's almost impossible to reconcile the realities of how one feels during the day, hour by hour. But I approach things not cynically.

After almost two hours of creeping around the forest, one of the jacks discovered Belen. He had fallen asleep, and the young man had literally tripped over him. So much for his reputation.

There's something about rushing water that I can watch for hours and feel as if I need to do nothing more. It's alive in a way that's greater than any description of it.

This doctrine (justification) is the head and the cornerstone. It alone begets, nourishes, builds, preserves, and defends the church of God and without it the church of God cannot exist for one hour.

The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity

One intense hour is worth a dreamy day.

A moment of eloquence enthralls us. An hour's worth leaves us stupefied.

I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that, it's about the director taking your hand.

And if nobody reads me, shall I have wasted my time, when I have beguiled so many idle hours with such pleasant and profitable reflections?

Back in the day, I would wear up to 45 pounds of gold. It would take me four hours to get dressed!

There is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour of obeying the Prince imposed by an enemy in the hour of victory.

You should be kissed everyday, every hour, every minute.

Life is a malady in which sleep soothes us every sixteen hours; it is a palliation; death is the remedy.

Prayer is like Thanksgiving dinner. It takes one hour to eat it and ten hours to prepare it.

I came to New York and in only hours, New York did what it does to people: awakened the possibilities. Hope breaks out.

The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.

He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph.

The hours trip rapidly away, hiding their dreams in their skirts.