#our time

Whether things turn out for the better depends on what we do. We ought not spend our time masterminding the future, but recognize our marching orders: to do the best we can for history and the planet. ↗

— Huston Smith

#better #depends #future #history #marching

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#hate #our #our time #searching #security

It is true that the eyes dominate the ears in our time. ↗

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

#ears #eyes #our #our time #time

We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history of interpretation. But the ultimate question must be, what do the words of the text mean in our time. ↗

— William J. Brennan, Jr.

#history #interpretation #intervening #look #mean

In the world of the present, in our time, we feel that suffering, anguish, the torments of body and soul, are greater than ever before in the history of mankind. ↗

— Eyvind Johnson

#before #body #ever #feel #greater

Today not even a universal fire could make the torrential poetic production of our time disappear. But it is exactly a question of production, that is, of hand-made products which are subject to the laws of taste and fashion. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#disappear #even #exactly #fashion #fire

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#democracy #dictatorship #difference #first #later

Anyone who writes knows that ultimately the majority of your time is spent alone in a room with a piano or a guitar, no matter what the project is. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#anyone #guitar #knows #majority #matter

Not managing your time and making excuses are two bad habits. Don't put them both together by claiming you "don't have the time". ↗

— Bo Bennett

#bad habits #both #claiming #excuses #habits

I keep working mainly because my wife and I spend most of our time touring the country doing our own plays. ↗

— Joseph Bologna

#country #doing #i #keep #mainly