The Times Quotes

Desperate times call for desperate analogies.

In turbulent times, in times of great change, people head for the two extremes: fundamentalism and personal, spiritual experience.

And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside.

I learnt not to be desperate in bad times, and I am learning not to be bullish when times are good.

The world is divided into those who understand me and those who don’t. In the case of the latter, I simply leave them to torment themselves trying to gain my sympathy.

If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times.

A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format.

You've got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.

It's a difficult time for a lot of people right now.

Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times, can discover a new artist or certify his work and make it stick. They can only bring you the scores.

I have a hard time defending the production of candy, given that it is basically crack for children and makes them dependent in unwholesome ways.

I've been married three times, but I'll never forget my first trip as a young man, on my honeymoon, with my new wife.

It isn't so much that hard times are coming; the change observed is mostly soft times going.

Man lives on earth not once, but three times: the first stage of his life is his continual sleep; the second, sleeping and waking by turns; the third, waking forever.

I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.

I've been to Africa three times. All right? You can't bring Western reasoning into the culture. The same way you can't bring it into fundamental Islam.

Many children work hard to please their parents, but what I truly longed for was good times that were about us, not about me. That is the real hole the Dodgers filled in my life.

The concept of active cooperation has taken the place of opposition to the new form of government and of dreamy resignation entranced with the beauty of times past.

I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.

Wales was in ancient times divided into three parts nearly equal, consideration having been paid, in this division, more to the value than to the just quantity or proportion of territory.

I will say that Rick will probably die before the end of the book. I'll go ahead and put that in print. Nobody's safe. I've almost killed him three times already.

During really difficult times in my life when I start questioning why I am struggling with something, I often turn to books to understand myself better.

Let's make sure that there is certainty during uncertain times in our economy.

I want it all. I want the Pepsi endorsement. I want the arena shows. I want Times Square!

It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood.

No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

No study has taken so much of human energy, whether in times past or present, as the study of the soul, of God, and of human destiny.

Leo had recently discovered how to change the display, like the Times Square JumboTron,so now the banner read: Merry Christmas! All your presents belong to Leo!

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

Some authors have a very hard time understanding that in order to be faithful to the spirit of the book, it's almost always impossible to remain faithful to the text. You have to make changes.

Don't worry about anything. Go out and have a good time.

I'm not a good time-off person. I'm awful on holiday. It comes from having that period when I didn't work. That really was the worst bit.

The New York Times' list is a bunch of crap. They ought to call it the editor's choice. It sure isn't based on sales.

There was probably, different times [I was taking care of] 25, 50 families.

I used to have this lucky rock and I used to always have to rub it three times before I competed.

How shall I sum up my life? I think I’ve been particularly lucky.

Don't stop me now, I'm having such a good time, I'm having a ball

Taxes are indeed very heavy - We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness. Three times as much by our Pride. And four times as much by our Folly.

Certainly Manchester is the most wonderful city of modern times!

I studied chemical engineering. I was a good student, but these were the hard times of the depression, my scholarship came to an end, and it was necessary to work to supplement the family income.

In difficult times your best must be hugged, loved, kissed, rewarded, paid - everything. And your worst must be the people that leave, because your best are going to take you to the next game.

My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop.

As they say, when a man begins to have bad luck, even clabber can break his head.

We have been through this biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that we are going through this quiet agony all over again.

Really, contrary to popular belief, I like to have a good time and not take myself too seriously.

If it's a good day, I get 'The New York Times' on my iPad, and if I have a little time in the morning, I like to look at that while I'm eating.

I play opposite Beverly D'Angelo, and that was definitely a great time.

We've always lived in dark times. There has always been a range of human experience from the sublime to the brutal, and stories reflect it. It's no less brutal now; each age has its horrors.

Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past.

I have been searching for time past all my life.