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Availability is a function of time. The minute you get...

Availability is a function of time. The minute you get interested is the minute they find someone else.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, time

The bus you plan to take always leaves five minutes...

The bus you plan to take always leaves five minutes before you reach the bus stop. The bus you do take is always ten minutes late.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars

$The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions -the...$

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions -the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about happiness, kiss, smile, life

I hated every minute of training, but I said: Don't quit....

I hated every minute of training, but I said: Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

Quote by Muhammad Ali about attitude, suffering, life

The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours.

Quote by Charles Babbage

I wouldn't miss this opportunity for anything. For the chance to work on these conservation issues, to serve my country, to work for this president, I'd do it all over again, every single minute.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about politics, chance, work, country

Imagine a thousand more such daily intrusions in your life, every hour and minute of every day, and you can grasp the source of this paranoia, this anger that could consume me at any moment if I lost control.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about anger, moment, day, life

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you...

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.

Quote by Richard Bach

It's got the hallmark of al-Qaida and Zarqawi all over it - two independent attacks within four minutes of one another widely separated using suicide bombers.

Quote by John Abizaid

There are certain men and women who, from the minute they...

There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about man

A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about joy, civilization, air

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a...

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about imagination

We have long possessed the art of war and the science of...

We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about war, science, art, magic

I was in Jaws for 10 minutes, it's not my responsibility.

I was in Jaws for 10 minutes, it's not my responsibility.

Quote by Michael Caine

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.

Quote by Albert Camus about beauty, despair, eternity, time

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten...

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

Quote by Orson Scott about good, good luck, writing

I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour; for a day, for a month, but I can give and I'm very happy to do that and I want to do that.

Quote by Princess Diana about happiness, day, love

I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want...

Quote by Princess Diana about day, happiness, age, olderness, world, love, people

When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than...

When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session.

Quote by Placido Domingo

Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours...

Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely?

Quote by Jackie Collins

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