“Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.” — Theodore Roosevelt Quote

“Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.”

“The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.”

“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.”

“Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.”

“Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.”

“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”

“Einstein on time travel:”

“Umělecký čin je únik z otroctví času, vyklouznutí člověka z bahna jeho pudů a lenosti do jiné roviny, do bezčasí, do osvobození od času, do božskosti, do naprosté bezdějinnosti a protidějinnosti.”

“Still men be clever and in an hundred centuries or more, perchance will have found a way to journey thither; when that they have discovered and understood all things on the earth. What will a man be like in the xxvii century, or even the xx? Very like unto us, I do expect; I do not think that man’s nature shall change; nor do I anticipate that he will be the wiser than we, for all his learning, for ‘tis a part of that nature which is ours that we do not heed the lessons of history: neither our own, nor the world’s.”

“Love is circumstantial; we can love anyone if need be; and losing the one we love is the singular catastrophe. Time does not heal it. Every present moment yearns for even the roughest past.”

“Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.”