Top 100 When It's Time Quotes
#1. My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up.
Robert A. Heinlein
#2. When it's time for you to write how you want your life to go just write right before your pen run out of ink because i know the opportunity is jusT once and if u miss it, then you hustle very hard to get it
Efiba Progress
#3. Death is a unique opponent, in that death always wins......There's no shame in surrender when it's time to stop fighting. --- Kal (the tattoo artist)
Steven Rowley
#4. I love what I'm doing. It's my life. When it's time to go, I'll probably be fighting to get out of the casket. I'll be yelling at the priest instead of a referee.
Lou Duva
#5. The nice thing about doing a weekly record is you're rehearsing all week and working on getting the script better. Come Friday, when it's time to actually film it, you feel like you've done most of the work!
Rory Kinnear
#6. It's not about, 'Let me play as long as I can so I don't have to grow up.' It's about, 'Let me play as long as I enjoy it,' and when it's time to step away, I can step away gracefully even if I'm still good enough to keep playing, because I'm ready for that next phase.
Angela Ruggiero
#7. Girls you've gotta know when it's time to turn the page.
Tori Amos
#8. I think that, as with marriage, you just know when it's time to have kids.
Ashley Judd
#9. Everybody gets to a stage when it's time to move on. I was bored, and the band wasn't going anywhere, so I left. I did a couple of shows on Broadway and some other things. I was busy. I just wasn't making records.
Peter Noone
#10. I do not run late. Growing up on a farm, you're just not late when it's time to do chores or go to work. I grew up Mennonite, and so that work ethic and timeliness was just ingrained in me from a very young age.
Greg Brenneman
#11. Now, when it's time to get down to business, I get down to business.
Juan Pablo Montoya
#12. Consult as you may your masters; their musings. But look within when it's time for the choosing.
Garry Fitchett
#13. I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine.
Missy Elliott
#14. Time? No, let's not rush to it out of frustration. It'll be time when it's time.
Mark William Lindberg
#15. I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.
Bob Hope
#16. Some people say that their pets will tell them when it's time to go. I don't believe that. No animal of mine has ever told me he was ready to die. I wish it were that simple. Dogs can communicate, but they cannot talk, nor do they think in our language or on our terms.
Jon Katz
#17. When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
Gabourey Sidibe
#18. No one can ever really come in, and when it's time to let them, we don't know how.
Ally Condie
#19. One of the things, one of the things that really got to me was the thing in Houston where you had the government, the mayor actually, trying to get the sermons of ministers. When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on marriage, that's when it's time to resist.
Rand Paul
#20. When it's time for the revolution, I'm a click, click, click.
Willie D
#21. We should not have a tin cup out for something as important as the arts in this country, the richest in the world. Creative artists are always begging, but always being used when it's time to show us at our best.
Leontyne Price
#22. I'm very competitive, but I know when not to be competitive. I know how to have fun, but I know when it's time to get serious. That makes things a lot easier.
Bryan Volpenhein
#23. Golf is a very serious part of my life, but when you stop having fun at it, that's when it's time to hang it up.
Tiger Woods
#24. Live in a good place. Keep your mind deep. Treat others well. Stand by your word. Make fair rules. Do the right thing. Work when it's time.
Lao-Tzu
#25. It is the population which decides when it's time for a leader to leave, not foreign powers.
Paul Kagame
#26. When I'm not working, I spend a lot of time on my hair. When it's time for my hair to get some rest, I either wear it in a ponytail, bun or my favorite 'milkmaid' braid.
Tracee Ellis Ross
#27. Despite your best effort, people are going to hurt when it's time for them to be hurt. Life is like that.
Haruki Murakami
#28. I haven't chosen any party yet because people choose parties when they get older. When it's time, I'll look, and if I can't find one to join, I'll make another party.
Malala Yousafzai
#29. Running a business well means knowing when it's time to make profit.
Auliq Ice
#30. The last place I want to be is the hospital, but I'm not stupid. I know when it's time to go in. I am so terrified of myself and of the vast, frightening world, that the psych ward, with its safe locked doors, sounds like a relief.
Marya Hornbacher
#31. I'll always be this crazy, fun person, but when it's time to get married, I'm going to be an amazing wife.
Nicole Polizzi
#32. The secret to a long life is knowin' when it's time to go.
Michelle Shocked
#33. None of my books has been ever in my head; after they're finished, they go. It's like being a sort of medium; you just grab it when it's there then just release it when it's time to go. There's a lot of instinct, not planning.
Peter Ackroyd
#34. Put on some armor. Just remember what's armor and what's you, so when it's time to take it off, you can.
Brent Weeks
#35. It's important to know when it's time to turn in your kazoo.
Amy Poehler
#36. I come up with the silliest excuses when it's time to work out. I'll be like, 'Oh no! Now I have to go and find some socks.'
Christina Hendricks
#37. I hadn't had a perfect moment yet. And it's very important for me to have perfect moments in exotic countries like that ... it kind of lets you know when it's time to go home ...
Spalding Gray
#38. In baseball, I don't fraternize with players when it's time to hit. I'm preparing for the game. It's the most important time of the day. And I know if I don't hit, I won't have a job in the big leagues. That's why I tend to get very upset when people try to talk to me.
Albert Belle
#39. I'll obey them in the winter when the doctors say to me I must give up ham and spinach, and obedient I'll be. To relieve my indigestion in December they can try, But there's none of them can stop me when it's time for cherry pie.
Edgar Guest
#40. He asked if I was a songwriter, and I said yeah, that I was in town because I'd won this contest. He said, okay, then he was gonna play me his hit, and started singing 'When it's time to relax, one beer stands clear ... '
Arthur Godfrey
#41. The part that sickens me about boxing is guys fight their whole careers and they have nothing to show for it. That's not going to be my testimony. When it's time to get out of the game, I want to be able to walk away. I'm not going to jeopardize my health. I will have no problems walking away.
Andre Ward
#42. When it's time to let someone go, do it right. No surprises. No humiliation.
Jack Welch
#43. When it's time for me to walk away from something, I walk away from it. My mind, my body, my conscience tell me that enough is enough.
Jerry West
#44. Think chest/hips/ push, or CHP, when it's time for uphill running. Chest up, hips forward, push strongly off each foot.
Jeff Galloway
#45. The fact is, the truth will come out. The truth will come out when it's time.
Snoop Dogg
#46. I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.
Jimi Hendrix
#47. You observe ... that when it's time to unleash a few insults, a man will always choose his mother tongue.
Salman Rushdie
#48. Let's fool around."
"And then?" he asked, voice low.
"When it's time, take blood, and then let's fuck."
He gave a surprised burst of laughter. "Ma petite, you are such a sweet-talker, how can I refuse?
Laurell K. Hamilton
#49. I would like to think I will be a guy who knows when it's time to stop. I don't want to be a guy who hung on and hung on. I do not have a goal in mind of a year or a statistic.
Peyton Manning
#50. My life is singing. I don't plan on retiring. I plan to die on a stage. I can have a headache but when it's time to sing and I step on that stage there is no more headache.
Celia Cruz
#51. When it's time, it's time ... and it's time.
Jim Leyland
#52. The harder you work when nobody's watching the less you bleed when it's time to perform.
Brandon Jennings
#53. Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt.
Haruki Murakami
#54. Be patient. You'll know when it's time for you to wake up and move ahead.
Ram Dass
#55. When it's time to get dressed, put on your clothes. When you must walk, then walk. When you must sit, then sit. Just be your ordinary self in ordinary life, unconcerned in seeking for Buddhahood. When you're tired, lie down. The fool will laugh at you but the wise man will understand.
Linji Yixuan
#56. I wander as I walk straight ahead. When it's time, I show up at the office like everyone else. When it's not time, I go to the river to gaze at the river, like everyone else. I'm no different. And behind all this, O sky my sky, I secretly constellate and have my infinity.
Fernando Pessoa
#57. The bottom line is, I hear my donors, I hear our base out there, I hear the leadership. And we're taking steps to make sure that we're even more - how shall we say it - fiscally conservative in our spending and certainly making sure the dollars are there when it's time to run our campaigns.
Michael Steele
#58. That's the way both they and I travel sometimes. Pick road at random, and when it's time to pull over, you pull over and hope you can find a place to crash.
Jello Biafra
#59. A wise man once said-'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave,'
Michael Stipe
#60. I usually prepare a track and then I work with the artist when it's time to do the vocals.
Kenneth Edmonds
#61. You gotta know when it's time to hang up. But when I finally go, let me go out on stage, my perfect ending. Don't let me go when I'm sick or asleep. Let me be in motion.
Bobby Womack
#62. Some knowledge comes to us like a seed ... Then, we have to bury it and leave it alone in the dark. When it's time, it comes up again and grows.
Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl
#63. When you get older, you have a much better sense of when it's time to really recognize that you're fortunate and that you should appreciate your circumstances.
Daryl Hannah
#64. The seasons split at the seams: spring, summer, fall and winter. I've always pictured them as giant sacks filled with air and color and smell. When it's time for one season to be over, the next seasons splits open and pours over the world, drowning its tired and waning predecessor with its strength.
Tarryn Fisher
#65. Most people think that when it's time to buy a car, they should immediately go to the dealerships to find what they want. In reality, there's a lot of planning that should be done first.
Donna Kane
#66. If everyone is speaking caterpillar, don't be afraid to speak butterfly. When it's time to awaken, nothing else will suit you.
Tama J. Kieves
#67. Not everyone wants this conventional little life you're rowing your boat toward. I like my river of fire. And when it's time for me to go I fully intend to roll off my one-person dinghy into the flames and be consumed. I'm not afraid.
Zadie Smith
#68. If you're lucky, the friends you make when you're sixteen stay with you for the rest of your life. If you're smart, you know when it's time to let them go.
Megan Hart
#69. That's fine. You decide to live one moment at a time. When it's time to die, really time, you will know. -Seraphina/ Kailey
Avery Williams
#70. Because what he showed me is that he sees the same things in her I do. He knows she's worth waiting for. And when it's time, he intends to be the one. That's why he's keeping her close. To those of us who live forever, a few years isn't long to wait.
Karen Marie Moning
#71. I can read people, and if the other person doesn't want to say anything, I'm fine with that. People say things when it's time to say them.
Aidan Gillen
#72. Each of us knows when it's time to wake, eat and rest. We don't need to read a clock for these activities; we need to listen.
Gina Greenlee
#73. If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.
Ice-T
#74. Keep in mind that when you tell people to come see you, they might not get the idea about when it's time to leave.
Emily Yoffe
#75. When it's time to settle into the serial monogamy inherent in writing a book (although, between you and me, I secretly practice biblio-polygamy - I can't help myself),
Cathleen Rountree
#76. I try to set up a playful atmosphere on the set so that they don't get tired too easily. They know it's work but they can also have fun, and when it's time to dig deep inside of them, they can go there.
Philippe Falardeau
#77. Most people are too fretful, they worry to much. Success means being very patient, but aggressive when it's time.
Charlie Munger
#78. The right path and easy path are usually two different things, and when it's time to choose, always choose the right path over the easy.
Deatri King-Bey
#79. I'm not rushing into my divorce, because I'm not looking to get married tomorrow, so I don't have a deadline. I'm not rushing it. So when it's time, and it's supposed to happen, it will.
Khloe Kardashian
#80. Your soul tells you when it's time to move on.
Oprah Winfrey
#81. Eat when it's time to eat. And move along when it's time to move along.
Paulo Coelho
#82. Mom says,'What are you going to do when it's time to go to college?' I choose not to think about that yet. That is years away. For now, I just watn things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.
~pg 16; Hattie on change
Ann M. Martin
#83. Healing is a process. Sometimes it's quick, and other times it's gruelingly long. You're the only person who knows when it's time to move on and let go.
Jonathan Sadowski
#84. Honestly, being in a band with two guys has prepared me so much for when it's time for me to get married!
Hillary Scott
#85. When it's deep into the season and you're not playing well, it's frustrating. This is when it's time to revisit some basics.
Keegan Bradley
#86. When it's time to retire, maybe I could disappear too." "I always thought you'd end up taking a director's position at S.H.I.E.L.D." "Some day we all retire, Isaiah. The trick is to be sure you do it well before life is done with you.
Nathan Edmondson
#88. What really helps motivate me to walk are my dogs, who are my best pals. They keep you honest about walking because when it's time to go, you can't disappoint those little faces.
Wendie Malick
#89. I think that's all I want in life, just like peace and be able to make music and like have happiness when it's time off. Spend time with people and family, whatever.
Justin Vernon
#90. Blessed are those who can find light in dark places, courageous enough to feel when it's time to reflect & hopeful enough to believe when all seems impossible. We don't have enough pioneers like this, and I wonder if it's because they were afraid to live and afraid to learn?
Nikki Rowe
#91. There's nothing to Obama - nothing but platitudes. When it's time to get to the substance, we get contradictions and confusions. We don't think that he knows what he's talking about because it's true: He doesn't.
Rush Limbaugh
#92. When it's time to pull and tuck, I'm sure I will consider it.
Britney Spears
#93. When it's time for the flowers to bloom, they'll bloom.When it's time for spring to come, it'll come.
Atsushi
#94. You have to decide what level you want to participate in your children's lives. The more you do, the better your relationship is going to be. You have to listen to your instincts. You know when it's time to lay down the law.
Laird Hamilton
#95. Food and clothes sustain
Body and life;
I advise you to learn
Being as is.
When it's time,
I move my hermitage and go,
And there's nothing
To be left behind.
Layman Pang
#96. When it's time to die, go ahead and die, and when it's time to live, live. Don't sort-of-maybe live, but live like you're going all out, like you're not afraid.
Sue Monk Kidd
#97. We don't always agree on stuff, but when it's time to blow the whistle and start the game, we're not still debating.
Rick Wagoner
#98. I have spent so long erecting partitions around the part of me that writes - learning how to close the door on it when ordinary lfe intervenes, how to close the door on ordinary life when it's time to start writing again - that I'm not sure I could fit the two parts of me back together now.
Anne Tyler
#99. When it's time to stop living, I will certainly make Death my number one choice!
Terry Pratchett
#100. I'm slamming n***as like Shaquille, s**t is real
When it's time to eat a meal, I rob and steal
The Notorious B.I.G.
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