Time

“Life is measured in achievement, not in years alone.”

“I needed to find capital resources for large-scale experiments and for time to negotiate with the British and Palestinian authorities.”

“Walau aku sudah mati, aku akan hidup 1,000 tahun lagi.”

“We must be up and doing while it is called to-day. It is the right time.”

“One meeting in a year is not enough to measure the performance and the level of accomplishment of this ambitious plan.”

“This is my favorite time of the day—so beautiful and so quiet.”

“Achieving success is a continuous journey.”

“If only we could recapture those few seconds, it’d save all this argument and uncertainty, we’d know what it was.”

“One should live the moment and look ahead.”

“When you sit with your pen, every year of your life is right there, wired into the communication between your brain and your writing hand.”

“أنا لا أتحدث عن الماضي، أتحدث عن التاريخ.”

“لستُ أهوى القراءةَ لأكتبَ، ولا أهوى القراءةَ لأزدادَ عُمُرًا في تقديرِ الحسابِ، وإنما أهوى القراءةَ؛ لأنَّ عندي حياةً واحدةً في هذه الدنيا وحياةً واحدةً لا تكفيني.”

“Praza ao Senhor que chegue já este tempo tão desejado.”

“Student films come in three sizes: too long, much too long and very much too long.”

“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”

“As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.”

“I had little time to stop, make deep friendships. I could indulge a leaning toward speculation and fantasy.”

“Creating a song means self-introspection. I get older every year, and don’t know how long I will live. So, I don’t want to waste time anymore.”