“ Fundraising is a matter of presence and timing, and if you've got the presence you can guess the timing. ”
- Mew Parris Nudd- Copy
- 2.4K
“ There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this. ”
- Miyamoto Musashi- Copy
- 430
“ You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing. ”
- George McGovern- Copy
- 357
“ One does not allow the plumbers to decide the temperature, depth and timing of a bath. ”
- Jack Gould- Copy
- 3.4K
“ Financial success as a fine artist is largely a product of time, timing and marketing - assuming of course that good art is being produced all the while. ”
- Ken Campbell- Copy
- 3.6K
“ The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it. ”
- Mary Catherine Bateson- Copy
- 598
“ You can time a part perfectly and play it badly. And some people have very individual offbeat timing, which is their own. It works simply because they are who they are. ”
- Alan Bates- Copy
- 563
“ Timing, degree and conviction are the three wise men in this life. ”
- R. I. Fitzhenry- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Luck is being in the right place at the right time, but location and timing are to some extent under our control. ”
- Natasha Josefowitz- Copy
- 1.8K
“ I am persuaded that luck and timing have, in my case, been very important. ”
- Mike Wallace- Copy
- 875
“ Everything that happened to me happened by mistake. I don't believe in fate. It's luck, timing and accident. ”
- Mery Griffin- Copy
- 3.4K
“ Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go… And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over. ”
- Gloria Naylor- Copy
- 433
“ Ordinary life, our earthly existence, is often dull. Romance is exciting. Our moments of romance are those when a little bit of heaven seems, thank God, to impinge, to intrude upon our daily lives. I learn for such moments. It is because I yearn for them so much that I generally feel this earth is not my home… ”
- M. Scott Peck- Copy
- 2.6K
“ There was this idea, which felt almost like a conspiracy, that a writer in his 30s was early in a writing life. But I realised you should think more in terms of the length and timing of a footballer's career. Your best chance of producing a decent book comes somewhere between 30 and 45, and I suddenly saw my life as a finite number of books. ”
- Kazuo Ishiguro- Copy
- 2.9K
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