“The Democratic Convention is $27 million in debt. They had to cancel the kick-off event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. A speedway is the perfect place for the Democratic Convention. You go around in circles, turn left every few seconds, and you end up right where you started.” EndsTurnsLeftPerfectMillionsEventsDemocraticDebtCirclesKicksSecondsConventionsMotorCharlotte Author:Jay Leno
“So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to find out.” KnowsLeftSecondsTick Author:Cat Stevens
“My son called to me that God was inside his red fire engine. He wanted to show me. I did move as fast as I could, spilling like water through the kitchen door into a summer day, but God had left by the time I got there. My son smiled, told me I'd missed him by seconds.” ShowsWantedMovingLeftWaterFireDoorsSonSummerRedKitchenMy SonSecondsEnginesShow MeSummer DaysSpilling Book:Willow Room, Green Door: New and Selected Poems Source: Willow Room, Green Door: New and Selected Poems
“17 seconds from Game 7, or from Championship number 6,Jordan, open, Chicago with the lead. Time out Utah, 5.2 seconds left, Michael Jordan running on fumes with 45 points.” RunningGamesLeftNumbersSecondsChicagoChampionshipJordanUtahNba Championships Author:Bob Costas
“Real isn't what they try to tell you. Time isn't. Grown-ups hammer down all these markers, bells, schedules, coffee-breaks, to stake down time so you'll start believing it's something small and mean, something that scrapes flake after flake off of everything you love till there's nothing left; to stake you down so you don't lift off and fly away, somersaulting through whirlpools of months, skimming through eddies of glittering seconds, pouring handfuls of hours over your upturned face.” TryingBelieveMeanRealFacesLeftHoursBreakMonthsCoffeeLiftsOver YouSecondsStakesBellsSchedulesHammersHandfulPouringFly AwayMarkersFlakesWhirlpoolsDown TimeSkimmingCoffee Break Book:The Secret Place: Dublin Murder Squad: 5 Source: The Secret Place: Dublin Murder Squad: 5