„Don't try to make me grow up before my time…“

„Grow up. Grow up. Time to grow up. You’re here now. We’re working on physics here, not religion. Drop the mysticism and grow up.“

—  Ursula K. Le Guin, Hainish Cycle

Zdroj: Hainish Cycle, (1974), Chapter 4 (p. 104)

„I vowed I would bring you solace in time of need. Please don't make me break my vows.“

—  E. L. James, kniha Fifty Shades Freed

Anastasia Steele, Chapter 4, p. 75.
Fifty Shades Freed (2011)

„I’m single and my entire youth was spent enjoying time with friends, but these times I’m trying to be more responsible and take more care and use my energy in cinema. It makes me happier.“

—  Javier Botet Spanish actor 1977

„My books piled up before me for my use waiting in space where I placed them, they haven't disappeared, time's left its remnants and qualities for me to use -- my words piled up, my texts, my manuscripts, my loves.“

—  Allen Ginsberg, kniha Howl and Other Poems

Zdroj: Howl and Other Poems

„It makes me wonder, Do we spend most of our days trying to remember or forget things? Do we spend most of our time running towards or away from our lives? I don't know.“

—  Markus Zusak, kniha Fighting Ruben Wolfe

Varianta: Do we spend most of our days trying to remember or to forget? Do we spend most of our time running towards or away from our lives?
Zdroj: Fighting Ruben Wolfe

„and I try
to draw the line
but it ends up running down the middle of me
most of the time.“

—  Ani DiFranco musician and activist 1970

Zdroj: Ani DiFranco: Verses

„As time passes I become more and more afraid of my growing love of music. I don’t understand myself. I play solo sonatas by Bach: next to them, what is Böcklin? It makes me smile.“

—  Paul Klee German Swiss painter 1879 - 1940

Quote (November 1897), # 52, in The Diaries of Paul Klee, translation: Pierre B. Schneider, R. Y. Zachary and Max Knight; publisher, University of California Press, 1964
reflecting on his youth and on the uncertainty about the future of choice to make
1895 - 1902

„But good Angel, don't I get a warning sign
Before it's my time to go?“

—  Aaron Weiss

The Angel of Death Came to David's Room.
It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright (2009)

„I don't like to be my own audience, I find that being my own audience, being in the audience, makes me self-conscious, basically. So I tune in sometimes, with the sound off, to check it out and I back up to it. In the future I will look at it when some time has passed.“

—  Madeline Kahn American actress 1942 - 1999

Charlie Rose, (December 16, 1996) "Charlie Rose - An interview with Madeline Kahn" http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/5799, Charlie Rose, PBS

„I just don't know what to do with my time
I'm so lonesome for you it's a crime
Going to the movie only makes me sad
Parties make me feel as bad
When I'm not with you
I just don't know what to do“

—  Hal David American lyricist 1921 - 2012

Song I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself

„I was having a wonderful time and the whole world opened up before me because I had no dreams.“

—  Jack Kerouac, kniha On the Road

Zdroj: On the Road

„My son Asclepius had become the god of medicine by the time he was fifteen, and I couldn’t have been happier for him. It left me time for my other interests. Besides, it’s every god’s dream to have a child who grows up to be a doctor.“

—  Rick Riordan, kniha The Hidden Oracle

Zdroj: The Hidden Oracle

„What's my line?
I'm happy cleaning windows
Take my time
I'll see you when my love grows
Baby don't let it slide
I'm a working man in my prime
Cleaning windows…“

—  Van Morrison Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician 1945

Cleaning Windows
Song lyrics, Beautiful Vision (1982)

„It seems that I have spent my entire time trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.“

—  Alfred Jules Ayer English philosopher 1910 - 1989

As quoted in The Observer (17 August 1986).

„To be able to come out of that mess as I did is special. To be able to improve my relations with my dad is special. I'm happy with the way my life's going, the way I'm growing up as a person. Skating has changed me. I've had a lot of chances, and this is my time to shine.“

—  Apolo Anton Ohno American short track speed skating competitor 1982

Prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics
Price, S.L. (2002) "Launch of Apolo" http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/news/2002/02/13/launch_of_apolo/ Sports Illustrated. (accessed May 24, 2007)

„Don't tell me how to write my novel. Don't tell me you've got a better ending for it. I have no time for that.“

—  Ray Bradbury American writer 1920 - 2012

Playboy interview (1996)

„Although I was not aware of it at the time, the experience of growing up during the Great Depression was to have a profound impact on my intellectual and professional career.“

—  Lawrence Klein American economist 1920 - 2013

„The invisible is seen among the shadows and the mist:
Before my doubting eyes,
The infinite appears this time,
The unquestionable is questioned
But makes no reply!“

—  Aaron Weiss

A Glass Can Only Spill What It Contains.
Brother, Sister (2006)

„Time stands still for man and woman alike, it is a good moment, because Time usually makes everything worse, poor people grow old, rich people can buy a little time but they can'hold it up for good, it always catches up with them. In the last analysis, Time is democratic.“

—  Elfriede Jelinek, kniha Wonderful, Wonderful Times

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Wonderful, Wonderful Times (1990)