For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria. Richard Dawkins
I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude. Imelda Marcos
A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it. Zora Neale Hurston
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time. Arthur Ashe
I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything. Michael Phelps
Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time. Tallulah Bankhead
Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day. Dag Hammarskjold
If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days. Sylvia Plath
The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. Sydney J. Harris
How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema. Warren Beatty
As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind. Cleveland Amory
The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing. Michael Gove
It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure. Ernie Harwell
I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort. Calvin Coolidge
Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes. John Ruskin
The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. Josh Billings
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time. Honore de Balzac
Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention. Molly Ivins
I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about. J. R. R. Tolkien