Timing Quotes

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.
Octavia Butler

Time, Art, Friend

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
Dan Millman

Time, Everything, Learned

I try to tell a story the way someone would tell you a story in a bar, with the same kind of timing and pacing.
Chuck Palahniuk

Someone, Try, Same

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.
Mary Catherine Bateson

Death, Story, Meaning

You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.
Miyamoto Musashi

Enemy, Win, Knowing

You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while waiting for perfect conditions.
Gary Ryan Blair

Waiting, Lost, Goal

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

Time, Bad, Saying

Life is about timing.
Carl Lewis

Early on, they were timing my contract with an egg timer.
Conan O'Brien

Early, Egg, Contract

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
Hesiod

Important, Measure, Observe

If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.
Rick Springfield

Special, Happens, Gods

Timing is everything with relationships.
Rashida Jones

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
Warren Spahn

Hitting, Pitching, Upsetting

I love Benny Hill. He one of my favourites of aaall time. Like, the way Benny did it, he was just amazing. Just seeing how he put songs together and comedy and the timing and the sketches. He was way ahead of his time.
Snoop Dogg

Love, Time, Amazing

Timing has a lot to with art.
LL Cool J

Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.
Gene Tierney

Best, Sense, Knew

All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.
Miyamoto Musashi

Able, Falling, Rising

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.
Shawn Johnson

Everything, Gymnastics, Movements

One of the things that I'm really proud of is that I have really good timing. It's very easy for me to see what's coming up and it's no coincidence that I went headfirst into wine and then headfirst into new media - none at all.
Gary Vaynerchuk

Good, Proud, Wine

As usual, my timing is bizarrely good.
Jamie Oliver

Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
Larry Hagman

Funny, Work, Hard

Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness.
Alex Van Halen

High, Point, Everybody

The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.
Knute Rockne

Football, Deception, Based

No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing.
Patty Duke

Good, Matter, Luck

I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't think you can teach timing. It's something you hear in your head.
Bob Newhart

Head, Hear, Teach

The essential ingredient of politics is timing.
Pierre Trudeau

Politics, Essential, Ingredient

In the case of Five-O, I believe it was a combination of many ingredients - timing, chemistry, Hawaii.
James MacArthur

Chemistry, Hawaii, Case

Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept, because it's a necessity in ones everyday performance.
Robert Fripp

Everyday, Necessity, Musician

As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing.
Carol Burnett

Great, Thought, Wonderful

There has certainly been criticism of the timing involved in getting help to the victims of the storm, and much of it may indeed be warranted. However, this is not the time for pointing fingers; rather, it is the time for offering a helping hand to our neighbors in need.
Jo Bonner

Time, Help, May

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