Top 100 Be Late Quotes
#1. Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
Cato The Elder
#2. It's not the side-effects of the cocaine - I'm thinking that it must be love.
It's too late to be grateful,
It's too late to be hateful,
It's too late to be late again,
The European cannon is here.
David Bowie
#3. Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
Barbra Streisand
#4. The superior thing ... was to be late. Lateness showed that serene contempt for the illusion we call time which is so necessary to ensure the respect of others and oneself. Only the servile are punctual ...
Rose Macaulay
#5. Master storytellers like Jeffrey Archer and Arthur Hailey use simple language. But they manage to grab the attention of the readers right from page one. I'll consider myself a good storyteller the day people believe it's OK to be late for work or postpone deadlines just to finish reading my book.
Ashwin Sanghi
#6. A shot of dread hit Vincent in the chest. Something was wrong. He knew it. Leanne had never been late, ever. If she knew she was going to be, she would have called him. But there had been no phone call, so that meant she wasn't expecting to be late, which could
Kristopher Rufty
#7. So what's it to be, Bear?"
Dev lifted his leg and gave a sarcastic slap to his thigh.
"By golly, I'll take door number two, Bob. You know the one that calls for straight suicide with a side of mutilation and pain? Sign my hairy ass up for that and don't be late.
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#8. I don't know when it became socially acceptable to be late.
Ellen DeGeneres
#9. I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late.
John Wooden
#10. When I was young in L.A. and I couldn't get into clubs or restaurants, I would call imitating celebrities and get a table, and it would work often. I was either Stallone or Mickey Rourke: 'This is Sly. I may be late, but my buddy Hank will be there early.'
Hank Azaria
#11. I'm going to be late. I get home exactly sixteen minutes before my shift starts, which only gives me six minutes to get it together and get out the door. By get it together I mean calm the freak down, because I'm jittery and spastic and acting, as Mo would say, like a squirrel on crack.
Jessica Martinez
#12. A woman can never be late when she is meeting with a man. But a man can most certainly be late when he is meeting with a woman.
S.A. Tawks
#13. Never be late. When you're late, what you're saying is that your time is more important than the other person's time. That's pretty egotistical.
Alice Cooper
#15. Now if I don't meet you no more in this world, then I'll, I'll meet you in the next one, and don't be late, don't be late, cause I'm a voodoo chile.
Jimi Hendrix
#16. The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, 'Overwhelming feeling of dread.' That was going to go over nicely.
Anne Ursu
#17. I had an appointment with a sexual deviant and I didn't want to be late.
Ilona Andrews
#18. Don't be late to the theater. The opening scene is a goody.
Sharon Stone
#19. I knew you'd be late," Zane commented as Ty walked past him.
"And I knew you'd still have that stick up your ass," Ty responded
with a shake of his head, not slowing as Zane spoke to him.
Abigail Roux
#20. Don't be late. Learn your lines. Be good to people. Treat people nice.
Rhys Ifans
#21. Waking up to find yourself morphed into a beetle is no excuse to be late for work.
Valerie Albemarle
#22. To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, to be late is to be forgotten.
Elin Hilderbrand
#24. I thought if the climate was heating that CO2 was the only forcing, and it would be late in the century before we had trouble. Now that we know about the other half of the forcing, it's obvious that the trouble is coming much sooner.
Paul R. Ehrlich
#25. Keep thinking those thoughts and you'll be late again
Sylvia Day
#26. Thought I might be late,' said Yaxley, his blunt features sliding in and out of sight as the branches of overhanging trees broke the moonlight. 'It was a little trickier than I expected. But I hope he will be satisfied. You sound confident that your reception will be good?
J.K. Rowling
#27. So down and down and down and down
And down and down we go
Hurry my darling we mustn't be late
For the show
Neptune champion games to an aqua
World so very dear
Right this way smiles a mermaid
I can hear Atlantis full of cheer.
Jimi Hendrix
#28. The surest way to be late is to have plenty of time
Leo Kennedy
#29. I am running a bit late. But all right, if I'm going to be late, I should be at least thirty minutes late. There's something small-minded about running just five minutes late, don't you think?
Max Frei
#31. Shit," I thought to myself, "I'm going to be late to New Testament class.
Nadia Bolz-Weber
#32. If you go too fast you might not notice everything. On the other hand, you don't want to be late.
Maira Kalman
#33. The Rabbit say to itself, 'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT-POCKET,
Lewis Carroll
#34. A Man consumes the Time you make him Wait In thinking of your Faults-so don't be late!
Arthur Guiterman
#35. The superior thing, in this as in other departments of life, was to be late. Lateness showed that serene contempt for the illusion we call time which is so necessary to ensure the respect of others and oneself. Only the servile are punctual ... Mystery at Geneva
Rose Macaulay
#37. My co-workers expect me to be late and temperamental.
Eva Gabor
#38. We had only snacks last time, I think it was OK for a day time menu. But this time it will be late night when people gather so we should add some proper meals.
Hidetoshi Nakata
#39. In due course, I came to classify writers into two categories: those who enabled you to arrive on time and those who caused you to be late. The Russian authors earned me a whole string of detentions.
Jean-Michel Guenassia
#40. School busses ... Won't even give us a chance to be late for school ... Never be late again in all our lives. Think of that nightmare,Doug, just think it all over.
Ray Bradbury
#41. I am convinced that America can be turned around if we will all get serious about the Master's business. It may be late, but it is never too late to do what is right. We need an old-fashioned, God-honoring, Christ-exalting revival to turn American back to God. America can be saved!
Jerry Falwell
#44. I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, 'He is not a lush.' That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, 'Look!'
Christopher Hitchens
#45. I asked a girl out for a movie and asked her to meet me directly at the theatre. I, on purpose, used to be late and would call her when on the way and ask her to buy the tickets. This way, I saved money and I had a theory about paying back.
Prashant Sharma
#46. It might be late September, but is was hot as the six shades of hell.
Charlaine Harris
#47. My wife drives the wrong way on a one way street. The cop pulled her over and asked, "Where are you going?" My wife said, "I must be late, everyone is all coming back!"
Henny Youngman
#48. Don't avoid eye contact and don't be late
Jack Dorsey
#49. You wonder why your government's completely broken? We lurch from deadline to deadline, and it's on purpose really. We do deadline to deadline because ... 'we've got to go. It's spring break, we're going to be late for spring break, and we've got to go, so we've got to finish this up before we go.'
Rand Paul
#50. Psalm 77 ~ The Tenacity of Faith I cry out to Yahweh. I cry out fervently, Because I know He hears me. There may be a wait, But I know He will answer, And He will not be late.
Jeff Doles
#51. I know,' says Greasy Sae. 'But you've got to go through it to get to the end of it. Better not be late.
Suzanne Collins
#52. Sacrifice and neon lights slave ships don't wait. Love many, trust few, and don't be late
Tom Morello
#53. In spite of all our speeding it's still the style to be late.
Kin Hubbard
#54. No one knows when a robot will approach human intelligence, but I suspect it will be late in the 21st century. Will they be dangerous? Possibly. So I suggest we put a chip in their brain to shut them off if they have murderous thoughts.
Michio Kaku
#55. We're gonna be late for English, and I gotta take these pantyhose off on the way. I'm gettin' a serious wedgie.
Kami Garcia
#56. Where's Mom? I can't wait to tell her all about this." "She's going to be late. An appointment, I think." "Again?" Jessica pouted. "That makes three nights in a row! I thought mothers were supposed to stay home and fix dinner once in a while!
Francine Pascal
#57. A woman should always be late for a man. Men should wait. But a woman should never be late for another woman. A woman's time is precious: she has a lot of things to do..
Louise Kean
#58. You can't bring tweezers on an airplane. If I'm on a plane and you try to hijack it with tweezers, I'll whip your ass, man. You think I'm going to be late because you've got tweezers and a bad attitude?
Alonzo Bodden
#59. You know, you're never going to be late for a scene - the scene you're designed to be in.
Art Hochberg
#60. What motivates people to be late? ... Some people are drawn to the adrenaline rush of that last-minute sprint to the finish line. Others receive an ego boost from over-scheduling and filling each moment with an activity.
Harvey MacKay
#61. There are different rules for comic books now. You've got prima donna's that are dealing with the direct sales market, so if they say it's going to be late, then that's what you tell the dealers and it's late.
Mike Royer
#62. My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my father died young, at 63. But he didn't take very good care of himself.
Clint Eastwood
#63. It ought to be plain how little you gain by getting excited and vexed. You'll always be late for the previous train, and always on time for the next.
Piet Hein
#64. If you look at your class as anything less than life or death, you do not deserve to be a teacher. If you walk into the classroom ten minutes late, week after week, you need to resign. You wouldn't come in late on your job all the time, but I venture to guess that some of you do it on Sunday.
Bill Wilson
#65. Five women working together is never going to be easy. It's a lot. But God is so incredible, in terms of the timing, because we are all married with kids, in our late 30s and 40s. It's a different stage in our lives. It's not about who is going to be the one that's going to pop.
Roselyn Sanchez
#66. In the late 1960s, the masses were supposed to be passive, not entering into the public arena and having their voices heard.
Noam Chomsky
#67. There is a time in late September when the leaves are still green, and the days are still warm, but somehow you know that it is all about to end, as if summer was holding its breath, and when it let it out again, it would be autumn.
Sharyn McCrumb
#68. I was under the impression that werewolf packs were not meant to be run by committee."
"Yeah," I said. "But I dont want to be like all those other werewolves, you know?"
"Says the werewolf named Kitty."
"It's too late to change my name now," I grumbled.
Carrie Vaughn
#69. We need to let the referee's sole thing be to protect the quarterback and get those late hits out of there. They even have a stat on television that says 'knockdowns.' Knockdowns means that you knock him down after he throws the ball. The assumption is, if it's legal, we'll make excuses for them.
John Madden
#70. Public opinion aside, it will be up to the future pope to continue John Paul II's journey to sainthood. Many of the late pope's followers believe he is already there.
Chris Matthews
#71. My parents got married late and they had kids late, so I never felt a social or cultural thing to be married or pregnant or a homeowner by a certain age.
Anna Kendrick
#72. It is a misfortune for a science to be born too late when the means of observation have become too perfect. That is what is happening at this moment with respect to physical chemistry; the founders are hampered in their general grasp by third and fourth decimal places.
Henri Poincare
#73. Climate change has happened because of human behaviour, therefore it's only natural it should be us, human beings, to address this issue. It may not be too late if we take decisive actions today.
Ban Ki-moon
#74. Even the truth can be damaging, if it's revealed too soon or too late or to the wrong parties.
Nanci Rathbun
#75. No human being should ever be patient with prejudice at the expense of its victims" The late Rev. William Sloane Coffin
Robert Alper
#76. You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
Aeschylus
#77. As Jesse talked the sun down, the hours late, Zerelda smiled and dreamed of him as he had been and was and would be. It seemed everything about him was dynamic and masculine and romantic ; he was more vital even in his illness than any man she'd ever known.
Ron Hansen
#78. it's better to be a bit late in this world than too early in the next.
L.P. Fergusson
#79. I did not realize what a gift I had been given until it was too late, forever too late. Must life always be that way?
Linda Collison
#80. It isn't given to us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world. They will not be cured by our most efficacious drugs or slain with our sharpest swords.
F Scott Fitzgerald
#81. Find your way early, on the road of life. For the way is too long to be struggling, and far too short to be waiting.
Anthony Liccione
#82. I thought I had to show people that I would get in early, stay late or even all night, work on holidays. I didn't want to be the rich kid who was along for a free ride.
Maria Shriver
#83. Why do we live in a time where we only say what we feel when it's too late? We have evolved. We can split atoms and cure diseases and travel to other planets. Yet we can't say how we feel. We can't tell one another who we really are and be accepted for it.
M. Jonathan Lee
#84. If man has not found ways to deal with environmental problems such as water and air pollution by 1998, it will be too late. The future is not determined and it lies in our own hands.
Margaret Mead
#85. Magic is the oldest part of the show business profession. It can now be used as a forward-thinking tool to build a child's confidence. It has been an amazing part in many entertainers' lives, including Steve Martin and the late Johnny Carson.
Criss Angel
#86. Cause we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late
And we can't go back
I'm sorry I can't be perfect
Simple Plan
#87. And you look bloody young to be a sergeant"
"I was born late, sir
Bernard Cornwell
#88. A guy and a girl can just be friends, but at one point or another they will fall for each other, maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever.
Becky Wicks
#89. Acting is always something I thought I could do, and I thought I would be pretty good at it, but I thought that I missed the opportunity, that it was too late.
Greg Poehler
#90. I used to be obsessed with game shows. When the Game Show Network became popular in the late '90s, I was all about reruns of 'The Price Is Right.' I knew all the prices from the '70s.
Kate Micucci
#91. It is remarkable that almost all speakers and writers feel it to be incumbent on them, sooner or later, to prove or acknowledge the personality of God. Some Earl of Bridgewater, thinking it better late than never, has provided for it in his will. It is a sad mistake.
Henry David Thoreau
#92. I guess you can snap her garter any time you want to, without much of a struggle. But there's one thing you can be sure of - you're a late comer to the show.
Raymond Chandler
#93. There's a lot of women out there, some of whom are my age who've never been married and some who have been married and would like to be married again but think their ship has sailed, and I'm like, 'Oh no, honey, let Miss Niecy show you it is never too late for love!'
Niecy Nash
#94. Well, probably the best way to put it might be that at some time, not just in an instant, but over some period of time I became aware of the fact that I wanted to document examples like Kroger or Piggly Wiggly in the late '50s, early '60s.
William Eggleston
#95. If u cant tell how u feel now and hold on to that than your left not knowing what could have happened. Dont wait and be too late let yourself out now.
Rose
#96. I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut.
Mark Haddon
#97. It's really not so good to have time. Rush, scramble, desperation, this missed, that left behind, those others too big to fit into such a small space
that's the way life was meant to be. You're supposed to be too late for some things. Don't worry about it.
Peter S. Beagle
#98. Superman was created in the late 1930s, and humankind's idea of what the future would be was very different.
Gene Luen Yang
#99. I feel like it's important to be flexible, particularly when I'm coming in late in the game and I'm connective tissue in the story. I'm not at the very center. It's important for me to have a certain kind of flexibility and try to help people do what they need to do.
Willem Dafoe
#100. The future is now. It's time to grow up and be strong. Tomorrow may well be too late.
Neil LaBute
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