Late Quotes
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“How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?”
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“I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.”
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“I avoid that bleak first hour of the working day during which my still sluggish senses and body make every chore a penance. I find that in arriving later, the work which I do perform is of a much higher quality.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces

“People who are chronically tardy never understand the many ways in which they screw up the schedules of people who are punctual and 'normal'...”
― Fallen
― Fallen

“Magnus deeply disliked people who were early to business meetings. It was just as bad as being late, since it put everyone out, and even worse, people who were early always acted terribly superior about their bad timekeeping skills. They acted as though it were morally more righteous to get up early than to stay up late, even if you got the same amount of work done in the exact same amount of time. Magnus found it to be one of the great injustices of life.”
― What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything
― What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything

“It is too late."
The old man shook his head. "It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be."
He smiled. "There is a plan, Dor.”
― The Time Keeper
The old man shook his head. "It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be."
He smiled. "There is a plan, Dor.”
― The Time Keeper

“It ought to be plain how little you gain
by getting excited and vexed.
You'll always be late for the previous train,
and always on time for the next.”
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by getting excited and vexed.
You'll always be late for the previous train,
and always on time for the next.”
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“It doesn't really matter if you are left behind the back, but what matters is your capacity to pull and push everyone by your way to get to the front.”
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“I've been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I've suddenly realised it is one of life's joys.”
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“He's not safe. He's the shark-infested deep end of the sea and if I agree to go out with him, I'd be walking the plank, right off the boat and into his dark depth. How am I supposed to do that when I don't even know if I can swim?”
― Too Late
― Too Late

“Sorry I'm late," Ms. Egami said to the class. She dropped her papers, which scattered in that special way papers do when one is running late.”
― Cold Cereal
― Cold Cereal

“Late, as usual,â€� the Mesmerizer greets. “Were you meditating at every crossroad, Monk?â€� His eyes hidden beneath his hat.”
― The High Auction
― The High Auction

“She had managed to go almost three weeks without being late. Admittedly on two of those days she'd perambulated around the office like someone doing a good imitation of the walking dead - but she'd been timely walking dead, damn it.”
― Cast in Peril
― Cast in Peril

“Often, it’s hard to identify an economic event risk until it's too late.”
― Master of Stupidity
― Master of Stupidity

“That's the funny thing about old people: they never seem in a hurry. I think old people have figured out that being five minutes late really doesn't matter much.”
― What Flowers Remember
― What Flowers Remember

“I want to scream sometimes, because I hate when people refer to a dead person as the “lateâ€� so and so. I’m sorry to break that bad news, but that person isn’t just late—they’re not even coming!”
― There are Two Typos of People in This World: Those Who Can Edit and Those Who Can't
― There are Two Typos of People in This World: Those Who Can Edit and Those Who Can't

“I'm running late, but there's always time to scribble weird messages in guest signage books. Also, am I really late? The Catholic Church added a thousand years to history, so I figure I'm actually way ahead of schedule.”
― Eggs, they’re not just for breakfast
― Eggs, they’re not just for breakfast

“The future hasn’t come. And when it arrives, it will be the present. Think about that next time you’re late.”
― Powdered Saxophone Music
― Powdered Saxophone Music

“We realize too late, and oftentimes on our deathbed that there was nothing to be ashamed of in life.”
― Stamerenophobia
― Stamerenophobia

“Some folks are predictably unpredictable.”
― BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose
― BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose
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