Top 100 Quotes About Spending Time
#1. Music is like a really sacred, awesome thing. That first 45 minutes to two hours that you're on stage spending time with music every night is always really great.
Tift Merritt
#2. Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about.
Herman Cain
#3. I don't agree on spending time with someone who is more attached to his cell phone than he is to me.
Mohamed Ghazi
#4. I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me.
Harlan Coben
#5. He was the real hero in my world and I treasured him. And he loved me. Loved spending time with me.
Cary Elwes
#6. There is a strong side to me, that is of a homemaker. I look forward to spending time at home in the evenings, cooking a meal, chatting with my parents and inviting friends over.
Deepika Padukone
#7. On average, spending time with your boss is consistently rated as the least pleasurable activity in a given day.
Tom Rath
#8. I don't go to conferences quite as much as I used to: having a child and movin away from the university leaves me with less time, but I've tried to balance things out - not just spending time with Linux all the time, but having a real job and a real life at the same time.
Linus Torvalds
#9. A series of psychological studies over the past twenty years has revealed that after spending time in a quiet rural setting, close to nature, people exhibit greater attentiveness, stronger memory, and generally improved cognition. Their brains become both calmer and sharper.
Nicholas Carr
#10. When I was growing up, we always had music playing in our household. I enjoy spending time with my father singing.
Pattie Brooks
#11. Spending time on 18th-century ships in Tahiti when I was 17 was quite unusual.
Dexter Fletcher
#12. I play video games a lot ... I love to read ... I enjoy spending time with my husband and daughter, who are my most favorite people in the world.
Lea Salonga
#13. The most important form of selfishness involves spending time on your fitness, eating right, pursuing your career, and still spending quality time with your family and friends.
Scott Adams
#14. If you look where kids are spending time on the Net, they may have all the information in the world, but they're not accessing it.
Beeban Kidron
#15. Apart from my children, spending time with refugees was the greatest gift ... the greatest life lesson I could ever receive.
Angelina Jolie
#16. You can still love your job and feel guilty. You can still love your child and feel guilty. There's a lot of grey in that. It's about being conscious when you are spending time with your kids, being with them in the moment.
Christine Ebersole
#17. There is also a third blessing that comes from spending time alone with God. When we spend time alone with Him, this releases all God's potential, His power, grace and anointing, all of which are so essential for doing work for the Kingdom of God.
Sunday Adelaja
#18. What about just spending time with us? What about just encouraging us and loving us? What about just being on time for church once in a while and not arguing so much? Wouldn't that be better too?
Nora Ballew
#19. You have the perfect amount of time each day for the things that matter most. The key is spending time on those things.
Jon Acuff
#20. Let me get this straight...You are sending me out in a minivan whose date of manufacture predates the year of my birth, so that I can watch two dragon slayers track down enormous fire-breathing animals, in an effort to prevent me from spending time in the library?
E.K. Johnston
#21. More is accomplished by spending time in God's presence than by doing anything else.
Heidi Baker
#22. Spending time with people without ambition is a self-destruction.
Amen Muffler
#23. Does moping actually help humans
feel better?"
"I'm not moping."
"Of course you're not. A girl like you,
spending time with a warrior demigod like me. What's to mope about? Leaving a
wheelchair behind couldn't possibly show up on the radar compared to that.
Susan Ee
#24. Who has time for toxic relationships? If someone isn't honoring your feelings, it's not a real relationship. If you feel drained after spending time with someone, that's a red flag!
Doreen Virtue
#25. I think I'm most excited about traveling and shooting and spending time in L.A. I have a great talent agency there and, you know, working with my acting coach and really putting in the time and effort to transition into the acting.
Charlotte McKinney
#26. Nothing will help us grow spiritually more than spending time alone with God every day, reading His Word and praying. Time alone with God is essential to our spiritual welfare.
Billy Graham
#27. I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my loved ones, young and old, and at least once a year we get together for a formal family photograph.
Elliott Erwitt
#28. Spending time in Calcutta [India] really did a number on me. The way life and death are almost the same thing, the way poverty is dealt with, the sheer number of dead bodies you see, it's all pretty overwhelming.
Henry Rollins
#29. Most of what's around us we take for granted. We ignore it. Appreciation-spending time looking for the good-helps us overcome one of the primary limitations to enjoying the wealth we already have: ignoreance.
Peter McWilliams
#30. ...I ask myself whether I am investing time, spending time, or just wasting time...but of late I've decided it doesn't matter, for if it feels right...it probably is
Rick Valicenti
#31. I love spending time with my friends and family. The simplest things in life give me the most pleasure: cooking a good meal, enjoying my friends.
Cindy Morgan
#32. Nike's the worst counselor in the history of Saint Aloysius, but he's not Pooh. And as much as Pooh is my least favorite of the homies who come to Q's storefront, spending time with him there has reminded me that Pooh isn't just Pooh either.
Sofia Quintero
#33. As an actress, our hours can be grueling, and like any mother that has a career or job, it is difficult. Balancing spending time with your child in the morning and after they come home from daycare/school before is the key.
Kym Whitley
#34. Anyone who has had the good fortune of spending time with the infinite silence of the trees, will acknowledge their wisdom.
Loretta Lost
#35. Prayer isn't about repeating rituals; it's about spending time with Dad.
Jared Brock
#36. I feel blessed that I found not just a profession, but a 24/7 way of life that I purely love. That curiosity to be current, to listen to the Hozier album, to be early in recognition of a Lorde and spending time with her and Miguel, the pleasure of seeing new talent erupt ... I love it.
Clive Davis
#37. You can achieve enlightenment by simply spending time contemplating nature: the formation of clouds, the beauty of the forest, and the lifecycle of the beings that dwell within.
Loren Mayshark
#38. Spending time with God through prayer and His Word is a prerequisite for having a great life and fulfilling your purpose.
Joyce Meyer
#39. One way to access the field is through the daily practice of silence, meditation, and non-judgment. Spending time in nature will also give you access to the qualities inherent in the field: infinite creativity, freedom, and bliss.
Deepak Chopra
#40. Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working.
Alice Hoffman
#41. He stood and stepped up behind her. Why not? It's the truth. I like spending time with you. You're strong, beautiful and brave. What more could a man ask for?
Colleen Coble
#42. The Buddha also counseled the monks and nuns to avoid wasting any precious time by engaging in idle conversation, oversleeping, pursuing fame and recognition, chasing after desires, spending time with people of poor character, and being satisfied with only a shallow understanding of the teaching.
Nhat Hanh
#43. Do the things you love to do so you'll enjoy spending time with yourself.
Toni Sorenson
#44. If God doesn't want something for me, I shouldn't want it either. Spending time in meditative prayer, getting to know God, helps align my desires with God's.
Philip Yancey
#45. If I make a change to a young kid to play any sport, not only tennis, instead of spending time in front of the TV or computer, that is good. I want to give them a good example: 'Hey, go out and play and see the world.'
Ana Ivanovic
#47. Kickstarter was already up and going when I got the Fellowship. Spending time with the other Fellows was about camaraderie, and I talked to a lot of amazing and creative people.
Perry Chen
#48. They were creating a program on contemplative prayer called Be Still. They asked me to be a part of this project that was designed to help Americans see the importance of spending time before God in stillness. I knew immediately that God wanted me to be a part of the project.
Priscilla Shirer
#49. I've never loved spending time on the machines at the gym. But I have discovered an exercise regimen I can dedicate myself to: yoga. It's changed my body.
Judy Reyes
#50. After all, it's all kinds of things that make up a life, right? The big, like falling in love and spending time with your family, and the little ... like blow drying your hair, applying concealer, and cursing those magazine inserts. It all counts. It has to.
Sarah Dessen
#51. I'm very consistent about spending time with family. And when you have dinner with your daughters - they'll keep you in your place and they'll teach you something about perspective.
Barack Obama
#52. It is only a slight exaggeration to say that happiness is the experience of spending time with people you love and who love you.
Daniel Kahneman
#53. I've become more introverted as I've got older. I used to be an outgoing person who joked around a lot, but as the amount of energy I expend by sharing my music has increased, I like to balance it by spending time by myself and recuperating.
Aloe Blacc
#54. To rove about, musing, that is to say loitering, is, for a philosopher, a good way of spending time.
Victor Hugo
#55. Spending time being can be just as, if not more, fulfilling as spending time doing.
Faydra D. Fields
#56. I really do know what I want with my life. I think that keeps me from making bad decisions and spending time doing stuff I don't enjoy.
Tove Styrke
#57. The bulk of all patents are crap. Spending time reading them is stupid. It's up to the patent owner to do so, and to enforce them.
Linus Torvalds
#59. Certainly the details of our life are unique. Spending time thinking of how I am different from someone else, however, does not tend to be very productive.
Akhil Sharma
#60. It was blissful, spending time with someone who would leave you alone. I loved him for it. And I was happy to repay in kind. It had never occurred to me that leaving someone alone could harden into a habit that could become a barrier.
Robin McKinley
#61. The tolerance of the public is diminishing. We're spending time on the wrong people. It's nutty. There has to be a better way. Why are we stripsearching Aunt Molly from Iowa and letting on Richard Reid?
Donald J. Carty
#62. Writing is not 'lonely work' but "alone work'; authors are known to be reclusive and like spending time with themselves.
Brie Edison
#63. If you're looking for work and have a choice of a job, choose a job that allows the opportunity for some creativity, and for spending time with your family. Even if it means less pay ...
Dalai Lama
#64. When I'm not acting, I'm usually sailing or camping or exploring or travelling or spending time in New Zealand.
Martin Henderson
#65. Of course my family and friends are incredibly valuable to me. They keep me sane, they teach me things and I love spending time with them. I think that ranking what you value is a sort of western and linear way of looking at things.
Julia Stiles
#66. Ah, but that would require a spending time with God--more than an hour or two on Sunday, I suspect--getting to know Him, communing with Him, praising Him.
Lynn Austin
#67. I love spending time with my family and friends during the holidays, and my favorite holiday tradition would be the pozole that my mom makes almost every Christmas. It's the best!
Becky G
#68. I'm about making music and spending time with my family. I've been in the spotlight so long that I'm looking for something different.
Big Boi
#69. Spending time with her father was like showering with a cheese grate - it got more painful each time.
Steven Manchester
#70. People say 'teenage girls aren't so clever. Your characters should be less articulate to reflect our youth.' People who say that aren't spending time with teenagers.
Diablo Cody
#71. I like spending time with my husband.
Lara Stone
#72. When you see yourself on video, you and your friends spending time on vacation, and they take a video, and then you see it, it's really disturbing.
Marion Cotillard
#73. We benefit from doing nothing, from going out to play, from giving from the heart and spending time in nature. Most of all we benefit from having healthy, strong, and loving relationships with other people and from exercising the altruistic parts of ourselves.
Jo Ann Davis
#74. If I'm spending time on something, I may as well do good as opposed to average.
Fred DeLuca
#75. They all saw her as a little sister, someone cute and sweet to spend time with when they were feeling homesick or their girlfriends were busy. They didn't see her as a woman, as someone worthy of spending time with, someone worth the risk of losing their heart.
R.L. Mathewson
#76. I actually love spinning for relaxation and to keep my body healthy, but besides that, I love exploring new restaurants. I love being outdoors. I love just spending time in the sun and hanging out with my friends.
Nina Agdal
#77. I started spending time at stables with my daughter while she was riding. I was reminded of my love for the form and different aspects of the horse. Then I thought about the bit, halter, and bridle in terms of how we harness and ride this animal. There were a lot of interesting elements to explore.
Jill Greenberg
#78. You multiply your time by spending time on things today that will give you more time tomorrow.
Rory Vaden
#79. I'll give you treasure chests full of gold pieces, I know the value of spending time with you." I
Elena Ferrante
#80. One of the main benefits of spending time in nature is stress reduction.
Richard Louv
#81. Sweetheart, this is not a race to the finish line. It's you and me, spending time together and getting to know each other better. Just that simple.
Brey King
#82. I knew how to use a dictionary, and if I was going to be spending time around Nero Wolfe, I would have to buy one."-Archie Goodwin in Archie Meets Nero Wolfe
Robert Goldsborough
#83. I like playing sport. I'm a bit of a design enthusiast, and like spending time with my girlfriend and mates.
Nick D'Aloisio
#84. When you receive God's love, it means you're getting close to Him, spending time in His presence, opening your heart to Him, seeking to know Him, and desiring to be more like Him. Remember that choosing to receive God's love changes your life.
Stormie O'martian
#85. What will happen in the future is mere guesswork - essentially, make-believe. If you are going to spend a lot of time and energy in a make-believe world, I suggest spending time considering the great possibilities rather than worrying about the bad ones.
Charles F. Glassman
#86. God opposes the proud. The way you get up front is do really good work in the back. Humility is a by product of spending time with Jesus - it is not a reflection of yourself
Bradley Cooper
#87. I love everything about the holidays: the decorations, the parties, and spending time with friends and family. What I love most is that feeling of giving back. Every bit counts.
Brad Goreski
#88. Cooking classes are a great way to hone your skills, learn new recipes, and meet like-minded friends. Spending time in the kitchen with people who love to cook as much as you do is fun and educational.
Homaro Cantu
#89. I like spending time with healthy people whose brains are turned on.
Dave Asprey
#90. Managers are encouraged to focus on complex initiatives like reengineering or learning organizations, without spending time on the basics.
Marcus Buckingham
#91. Self-reflection is the gateway to freedom. It also brings greater appreciation and enjoyment. We begin to enjoy spending time with our own mind, and we enjoy reflecting on our experience of the teachings. Like the sun emerging from behind the clouds, the teachings of the dharma become clear.
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
#92. I was sitting by myself the other night doing the usual things one does when spending time alone with yourselves. You know, making mountains out of molehills, hiking up to the top of the mountains, having a Hostess Twinkie and then throwing myself off the mountain. Stuff like that.
Carrie Fisher
#93. Most people, including me, don't like tracking their time. However, few things will give you better insight into what is going on with your startup company than a time report. If you don't know what people are spending time on, then you probably don't have a good handle on your business.
Mike Moyer
#94. You run the risk of losing anyone who is worth spending time
with, unless you are so paranoid about loss that you choose someone unlosable, somebody who could
not possibly appeal to anybody else at all.
Nick Hornby
#95. While I enjoy spending time in L.A., Britain is my home.
Michael Sheen
#96. Court TV. I can't stop watching it. I am absolutely obsessed! If I'm not reading a book or spending time with my husband, my friends or my dog, I am watching Court TV.
Debra Messing
#97. Spending time with math people is a lot of fun. As a result of the play, I've had semi-drunken dinners with mathematicians all over the country. I recommend the experience.
David Auburn
#98. Spending time with you just feels ... right,somehow. Easy, like the way it's supposed to be. Like it is with my parents. They're just comfortable together, and I remember growing up thinking that one day I wanted to have that, too.
Nicholas Sparks
#99. Anytime I am spending time with my son. We went to a theme party recently and it was Toy Story. He was Buzz Lightyear, I was Woody and his mom dressed like Woody's wife.
Daniel Jacobs
#100. I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with.
Samantha Power
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