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“The second best decision in time is infinitely better than the perfect decision too late.”

Decision Perfect Late Too Late Second Best

Author:Omar N. Bradley

“We are the only country in the world that trashes its old buildings. Too late we realize how very much we need them.”

World Needs Country Realizing Building Late Too Late Trash Old Buildings

Author:Jackie Kennedy

“The day when we plan seriously to start living either never comes or it comes too late.”

Plans Late Too Late

Author:I. A. R. Wylie

“It's only too late if you don't start now.”

Ifs Late Too Late

Author:Barbara Sher

“It was never too late to undo who you had become.”

Change Late Too Late Never Too Late

Author:Rosanne Cash

“writing had to take the form of journalism. Not for me the Shangri-la of fiction. The rewards, if any, would have been too little and too late, the bailiffs were at the door. ... Two large bailiffs, they were, who visited frequently and smiled like grand pianos, the only really reliable men in my life. They told me what they were going to do and if they did it, woe was me.”

Ifs Men Writing Littles Has Beens Two Form Fiction Doors Late Rewards Journalism Piano Too Late Woe Shangri

Author:Jill Tweedie

“For every individual who really is exceptional there are about fifty thousand who just imagine they are - until it's too late, and they find out they aren't after all.”

Individual Imagine Thousand Late Fifty Too Late Exceptional

Book:Earth and High Heaven

Source: Earth and High Heaven

“Make sure you tell the people you love that you love them. Loudly and often. You never know when it might be too late.”

People Knows Might Late Too Late Loved Ones People In Your Life Before It's Too Late

Author:Tom Hiddleston

“It's never too late to get good at something.”

Late Too Late Never Too Late

Author:Guy Fieri

“We need a president that is sitting down, getting Americans to work, getting this economy going. That is the single most important thing that the president of the United States does, is create a climate where job creators know that they're going to be able to risk their capital and have a chance to have a return on the investment. And it's never too late to start that.”

“I don't like medicine. There's an old Irish proverb that goes, "If I knew where I was going to die, I wouldn't go there." I suspect that I'm going to die in a hospital, so every time I go past one, I drive really quickly to get away from those things. So I spend a lot of money on health: gyms, I go to naturopaths, acupuncturists; anybody else who's almost the alternative to medicine. I think by the time you need medicine, it's too late. That's my belief.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Past Dies Belief Late Medicine Alternatives Too Late Get Away Suspects Hospitals Gym Lots Of Money Irish Proverbs

Author:Robert Kiyosaki

“It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.”

Ifs Men Sometimes Home Greater Risk Late Too Late Coming Home Posing

Author:Marcel Achard

“It is always so, every pleasure comes exactly half an hour too late - Life! Life!”

Hours Pleasure Half Late Too Late

Book:The Semi-detached House

Source: The Semi-detached House

“Yet what is to be done with events that have no place of their own in time; events that have occurred too late, after the whole of time has been distributed, divided, and allotted; events that have been left in the cold, unregistered, hanging in the air, homeless, and errant?”

Has Beens Done Whole Left Air Events Cold Late Too Late Divided Homeless

Book:The street of crocodiles and other stories

Source: The street of crocodiles and other stories

“Our children shouldn't have to wait for adulthood to become wild readers. For many, it will be too late.”

Children Waiting Reader Late Our Children Too Late Adulthood

Book:Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits

Source: Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits

“Always inflation comes gradually; is recognized too late; and can be cured only by ruthless political surgery, which, if delayed too long, proves futile.”

Ifs Long Political Prove Late Too Late Surgery Inflation Ruthless Delayed

Author:Theodore White

“I was not awesome at dancing. For a ballerina, I probably started too late. Plus I enjoyed entertaining people too much.”

People Too Much Late Dancing Enjoyed Too Late Plus Entertaining Ballerina

Author:Judy Greer

“I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in.”

Believe Stuff Talking Late Paid Too Late

Author:Wilford Brimley

“O my good lord, that comfort comes too late, 'Tis like a pardon after execution. That gentle physic, given in time, had cured me; But now I am past all comforts here but prayers.”

Past Given Prayer Lord Comfort Late Gentle Too Late Execution Pardon

Book:King Henry VIII: Third Series

Source: King Henry VIII: Third Series

“We are often too late with our brilliance. We are on time delay. The only instant gratification comes in the form of potato chips. The rest will find us by surprise somewhere down the road maybe as we sleep and dream of other things.”

Dream Form Sleep Late Surprise Instant Too Late Delay Chips Potatoes Gratification Brilliance Down The Road Instant Gratification Potato Chips Sleep And Dream Somewhere Down The Road

Author:Richard Schiff

“Two roads diverged in a wood, I took the one less travelled I'm patient so that's one less hassle If I dream it, I can live it I've seen the light with vivid imagery I need to write with fits of energy But it's hard tryin' to get where I'm goin' Without a hint or an omen It's too late to turn around Perseverance, gotta learn it now But I'm stubborn how Am I supposed to survive this rollercoaster hurtlin' to the ground?”

Ifs Needs Writing I Can Two Hard Dream Light Turns Energy Fit Late Patient Perseverance Woods Too Late Stubborn Vivid Imagery Hints Omen Hassle Rollercoaster Two Roads

Author:Danny Denzongpa

“It is never too late to become reasonable and wise.”

Wise Late Reasonable Too Late Never Too Late

Book:Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics (Second Edition): and the Letter to Marcus Herz, February 1772

Source: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics (Second Edition): and the Letter to Marcus Herz, February 1772

“Too late! The two saddest words in any tongue.”

Two Late Tongue Too Late Saddest

Book:First Person Plural: The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky

Source: First Person Plural: The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky

“I am convinced that America can be turned around if we will all get serious about the Master's business. It may be late, but it is never too late to do what is right. We need an old-fashioned, God-honoring, Christ-exalting revival to turn American back to God. America can be saved!”

Ifs Needs May Humor America Turns Christ Religious Serious Masters Late Convinced Saved Too Late Old Fashioned Revival Never Too Late

Author:Jerry Falwell

“I continue to be amazed by our bodies' ability for self-repair. ... Our bodies want to be healthy, if we would just let them. That's what these new research articles are showing: Even after years of beating yourself up with a horrible diet, your body can reverse the damage, open back up the arteries-even reverse the progression of some cancers. Amazing! So it's never too late to start exercising, never too late to stop smoking and never too late to start eating healthier.”

“Only with gun violence do we respond to repeated tragedies by saying that mourning is acceptable but discussing how to prevent more tragedies is not. But that's unacceptable. As others have observed, talking about how to stop mass shootings in the aftermath of a string of mass shootings isn't 'too soon.' It's much too late.”

Talking Violence Late Mass Gun Tragedy Shooting Mourning Too Late Strings Acceptable Discussing Aftermath Gun Violence Mass Shootings

Author:Ezra Klein

“And just as I begin to believe that all is well, there is some subtle change in the light. The room takes its true shape. I fight to go back to that blissful ignorance, but it is too late. The dull pain of truth weights my soul, pulling it under. I am left hopelessly awake.”

Believe Wells Soul Light Pain Fighting Left Rooms Ignorance Shapes Late Weight My Soul Awake Dull Too Late Subtle Pulling Blissful Ignorance

Book:The Sweet Far Thing

Source: The Sweet Far Thing

“Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy.”

Stills Real Enemy Late Strategy Too Late Comprehensive

Author:David Hackworth

“I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut.”

Eye Born Late Train Lazy Too Late Astronaut Steam Steam Engines Lazy Eyes

Author:Mark Haddon

“A bloody good thing, but too late.”

Government Late Good Things Too Late Bloody

Author:Noel Coward

“It's not too late to stop the Lisbon Treaty.”

Late Too Late Treaties

Author:William Hague

“I pretty much started out writing full time. I was an at-home mom and when my youngest entered kindergarten, I started writing. I was 35, and before that I really hadn't written at all. Which means, I guess, that a) it's never too late to start a writing career (or any career you really want) and b) it's OK to get to your mid-30s and still not know what you want to be when you grow up.”

Knows Want Writing Mean Stills Home Grows Careers Growing Up Written Mom Late What You Want Too Late Kindergarten Never Too Late

Author:Elizabeth Hoyt

“I have come too late into a world too old.”

World Late Too Late

Author:Alfred de Musset

“How blind to believe the civil rights movement ever ended. The civil rights movement never ends, and it never will. It has been marching since the beginning of time. Where Martin Luther King started is where Gandhi left off, and where he started, Abe Lincoln left off, and before that Whitfield all the way back to Moses. God has not moved. We have. But it is never too late. We are not at the mercy of these events. We can alter the course of history. We can stand against the dangerous arc of this story. But we need people who are willing to speak truth.”

“The whole enterprise of teaching managers is steeped in the ethic of data-driven analytical support. The problem is, the data is only available about the past. So the way weve taught managers to make decisions and consultants to analyze problems condemns them to taking action when its too late.”

Way Whole Problem Action Past Decision Support Teaching Taught Late Ethics Available Driven Managers Data Enterprise Too Late Taking Action Consultants

Author:Clayton Christensen

“Why, it appears that we appointed all of our worst generals to command the armies and we appointed all of our best generals to edit the newspapers. I mean, I found by reading a newspaper that these editor generals saw all of the defects plainly from the start but didn't tell me until it was too late. I'm willing to yield my place to these best generals and I'll do my best for the cause by editing a newspaper.”

Mean Reading Found Causes Saws Worst Willing Late Army Newspapers Command Too Late Yield Editors Editing Defects Edits

Author:Robert E. Lee

“But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!”

Moments Mankind Late Too Late Godot Waiting For Godot Cruel Fate

Book:The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett

Source: The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett

“If man has not found ways to deal with environmental problems such as water and air pollution by 1998, it will be too late. The future is not determined and it lies in our own hands.”

Ifs Men Way Problem Hands Lying Found Water Deals Air Late Environmental Determined Too Late Pollution Biodiversity Air Pollution Environmental Problems

Author:Margaret Mead

“It is better to be early than too late in recognizing the passing of one era, the waning of old investment favorites and the advent of a new era affording new opportunities for the investor.”

Opportunity Late Investment Passing Passings Eras Too Late Investors Recognizing Advent New Era New Opportunity Affording

Author:Thomas Rowe Price, Jr.

“I cannot help esteem The 'Bird within the Hand' Superior to the one The 'Bush' may yield me Or may not Too late to choose again”

May Helping Hands Atheism Late Bird Positive Atheism Superiors Esteem Too Late Yield

Book:The Poems of Emily Dickinson

Source: The Poems of Emily Dickinson

“I believe from what I can see there is a good chance the shift will happen in humanity before it is too late.”

Believe I Can Happens Humanity I Believe Chance Late Too Late Good Chance

Author:Eckhart Tolle

“Face troubles from their birth, for 'tis too late to cure When long delay has given the evil strength. Haste then; postpone not to the coming hour: tomorrow He'll be less ready who's not ready now.”

Long Faces Evil Given Hours Trouble Ready Birth Tomorrow Late Cures Too Late Delay Haste Not Ready

Author:Ovid

“My first big mistake was made when, in a moment of weakness, I consented to learn the game; for a man who can frankly say "I do not play bridge" is allowed to go over in the corner and run the pianola by himself, while the poor neophyte, no matter how much he may protest that he isn't "at all a good player, in fact I'm perfectly rotten," is never believed, but dragged into a game where it is discovered, too late, that he spoke the truth.”

Source: Of All Things

“And now too late, we see these things are one: The art is sacrifice and self-control And who loves beauty must be stern of soul.”

Art Soul Self Love Is Sacrifice Late Art Is Too Late Self Control

Author:Alice Duer Miller

“Roosevelt could always keep ahead with his work, but I cannot do it, and I know it is a grievous fault, but it is too late to remedy it. The country must take me as it found me. Wasn't it your mother who had a servant girl who said it was no use for her to try to hurry, that she was a "Sunday chil" and no "Sunday chil" could hurry? I don't think I am a Sunday child, but I ought to have been; then I would have had an excuse for always being late.”

Thinking Knows Trying Children Has Beens Said Country Use Funny Mother Girl Found Ought Late Faults Excuse Servant Too Late Sunday Take Me Remedy

Author:William Howard Taft

“No one knows, the heart of a child, how it grows until it is too late.”

Knows Heart Children Grows Knowledge Late Too Late

Book:Collected Poems 1912-1944

Source: Collected Poems 1912-1944

“No one but me can save myself though its too late, death greets me warm, now i will just say goodbye.”

Late Warm Goodbye Too Late Saying Goodbye

Author:James Hetfield

“We all end up living secret lives. We create what we are willing to admire and admiring what we shouldn't confess to the secret ofour own sin, our own insufficiency, our own sadness. We all end up taking our secrets into the world and handing them over to strangers, only to realize it's often too late to claim them back. The very nature of time passing is sad beyond words. Memories mean they're gone.”

World Mean Ends Time Realizing Memories Sin Secret Gone Sadness Willing Late Claims Stranger Passing Admire Passings Too Late Time Passing Time Passes Secret Life Admiring Insufficiency

Author:Alexander Theroux

“The time to prepare isn't after you have been given the opportunity. It's long before that opportunity arises. Once the opportunity arrives, it's too late to prepare.”

Long Has Beens Opportunity Given Late Arise Too Late

Author:John Wooden

“The Twelve Chairs is about the same thing. It's all about money or love. We know we need money, we know we have to get money, we know we have to hurt others to get money. But we don't know until maybe it's a little too late in life that love is the most important thing. Love, friendship, affection, bonhomie, whatever. Those are the only things that really count: to love and be loved.”

Knows Needs Littles Important Hurt Love Is Late Important Things Affection Too Late Chairs Twelve Friendship Love Get Money Need Money

Author:Mel Brooks

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