Late Quotations | Page 4

…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.

I like to indulge myself by sitting up late without having to do anything in the morning.

I go to bed early and rise late and feel as if I have hardly slept, probably because I have been reading almost the entire time.

Sometimes, even the best of plans will occur to you when it is too late.

Very early in my life it was already too late.

I think in the late '80s and early '90s horror was dead.

The best thing about being too late is that there's no more need to hurry.

When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.

This was not an easy decision and we're sorry for the late notice. Once we finish up the recordings of record number two the full Dresden Dolls experience will be back out on the road.

We are here to celebrate the upcoming merger along with honoring the past of two great airlines. The merger is proceeding well and we anticipate closing the deal in late September or early October.

We did not convert our free throws late in the game. Luce made a great shot. I let my team down my making a few bad coaching decisions. This was a tough loss.

We did not box out well late in the game and we made a few other little mistakes. Other than that, I thought we played them well tonight. It was a seesaw game for the most part.

…told herself likewise not to hope. But it was too late. Hope had already entered…

I came to realize in my late 20s that my velocity is not going to grow so I had to learn to utilize what I had.

I've been showing up late and dirty all my life.

What we learned from this is that corn can emerge from the ground 40 days or even longer after it is planted. We found that in some cases late emerging plants performed better than replanted corn, and vice versa.

The only way she would have opened her door that late at night is if she thought it was a police officer.

We decided to leave as late as possible on Sunday to give everyone enough time to take care of their personal situations and to ensure that everyone's family was out of harm's way.

We tried from late January to mid-February. We did two surveys of all the boys in high school and let them know if they were at all interested in baseball to be sure to come and sign up. It just didn't work. It was surprising to me.

We've been in most of these games in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. Most of the pitchers we know are going to be with us have been OK. It's the kids who have been getting beat up late in games.

We really finished our chances tonight. Our team weathered the storm in the end, scoring a late goal to secure the win. I am really happy with the game tonight. It always feels good to beat a team from a so-called 'higher' conference.

We're a bigger, stronger team, and I think we wore them down in the late third and fourth quarters.

We ran into a really good basketball team. They played at a level that our girls are not accustomed to playing against. Our girls didn't know how to handle it until it was late in the third and fourth. Our intensity level picked up, but it was too little, too late.

We heard commentary from several retailers that is consistent with what we have heard from industry contacts over the past six weeks: Inventory is expected to flow better in late February, and by late March inventory levels should be consistently filled.

Yesterday, late in the day, we saw big buying in the Internet sector and we heard there were some big institutions in the market buying. It looks like they walked away today.

We did receive, late last week, their response and their plan. We are evaluating it to see if they are compliant. We will be talking to them. We wanted to see their plan and also how they will execute it.

We didn't want to press them early because they're quick, but we thought late in the game we could pick them up.

We were disappointed that we didn't win. We had a late mental lapse that led to a penalty kick, but Martin's a good team and they found a way to win.

We have received more pledges in the past week than we have in six months. But it is too late for some of these children.

We've seen late day short rallies on low volume that are exaggerated by lack of supply. The move has been overrated,

We've seen enrollment continue at a steady pace, faster than what we saw before the late December surge.

We have had a lot of complaints from residents about drug deals. we don't want to see a return to the late 1980s when drug dealing was rampant on the streets,

There are a lot of different ideas, ... We have a lot of work to do. ... But I think this is going to be an open, transparent process, and we'll work as late as we need to and see if we can come up with a strong outcome document.

The reality is when the emergency occurs, it's simply too late to begin to ask the tough questions,

There is clearly a sense of urgency, the clock continues to tick, the negotiators, I think, have left things perilously late in the light of the date of the summit, which was announced well in advance and Annan is concerned the work might not be done.

When I moved to the East Village in the late seventies, I wanted to be a street performer, so I practiced daily. I never did work up the skills or the courage to perform on the street, though.

When I moved out here during the late '70s, I had a neighbor who was a farmer who asked me 'What do you produce? ... I said, well, I don't produce, I publish, but he meant, you know, 'Do you grow tomatoes?'

We set the tone late in the first quarter and then more so in the second.

We're just trying to be responsive to their concerns and also be forthright about where we are in terms of being a few weeks late for quality.

The outlook for technology companies remains strong and demand for shares in the sector helped lift stock indexes late this afternoon.

What we can give our blessing to is the vision in the road map, the specific call for an unconditional cease-fire, with security steps like dismantling the terrorist infrastructure, ... Late Edition.

I can be in the NFL as long as any other back. I went late in the draft because no one thought I could do it.

We're looking to start in mid to late February and run through March and all of April.

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

The program dropped off in the late '90s,

We very much regret having to reduce our schedule to allow for the late delivery of new aircraft from Boeing (BA) and the planned retirement of our older 737-200's in December.

When he hit the ball, the first thing that I did was freeze. The second thing that I did was take a step back. And when it was time for me to come forward, it was too late for me.

When you raise the alert level, you've got to do it in a way that you're explaining and laying out as much as you can about why it is that you're doing it, what you hope to achieve from it, ... Late Edition.

When I look in the mirror, I see my late mother: I have her nose, her dark eyes - I call them chocolate eyes - I have her colouring, and my hair is greying the same way, although I use colour and she didn't.

When the horse made his exciting finishes and was running on late very strong, we thought the horse might have some potential.

If Lebron was playing in the late 80's and early 90's, just an average player

To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, to be late is to be forgotten.

The prime speakers each night are on from 10 to 11 p.m. Eastern time, which is designed to get the maximum TV audience. But that's late for newspapers. It means a lot of newspapers miss their early editions with the big speeches.

We were certainly trying to protect the football and not make a huge mistake. That played into it. Obviously, they made defensive adjustments. Everybody does as the game goes along. They certainly turned it up a notch late in the game and we never really responded too well.

When this part of Tioga was realigned in the late 1950s, ... the road was built on the south side of the dome.

When this deal first surfaced late Thursday, the business community was just shocked. Instantly, if not rather simultaneously, people started making calls to the Senate leadership, to the staff of the Senate Finance Committee. It was the wholesalers, the manufacturers, the mass retailers.

When the techs in the States went, the Canadians backed off as well. The whole falloff late in the day was as people backed off on the other side (U.S.) of the market.

We've never been in first place this late in the year ever since I've been here. We've always been at least second or third by this point. It's fun. It doesn't mean anything in April, but it's better than being at the bottom.

The place is packed every Monday night. The audience is there for the music and we set it up for the shows to begin and end early, so there is no worry about getting home late or going to work tired the next day.

There are two factors over last year: Gift cards are playing more of a role in the holiday season and the fact that we have such a late Hanukkah this year.

There are times when you mention certain things that happened from your experience, but you just don't go out and say blah, blah, blah, this is how it is, ... I've told them that we were not very good on the road, and we were very good at home, especially late in ballgames. We weren't the best team in baseball. We weren't the best team in the American League, but we got into the tournament, and we got hot. That's exactly what this team has done here.

We made a decision to go with straight entertainment programming in late night, ... That's just basically a scheduling opportunity that we felt over the long term had more potential.

We're looking at the first day of the rest of the year and it's looking like more of the same. On an up note, there is more discussion that maybe we have worked through some of the intense negativity of late and that the disconnect between the economic data and market action may end soon.

We're looking at late spring or early summer to deliver the lots to the builders.

We're concerned that due to the late settlement that not enough teachers might be there. Our joint goal is to protect the safety and health of the students.

We're not deep enough where we can have our starters standing on the sideline. We had a bunch on the sideline late in the ballgame. That was the big momentum changer. ... Bryce played well.

We're not deep enough where we can have our starters standing on the sideline, ... We had a bunch on the sideline late in the ballgame. That was the big momentum changer. ... Bryce played well.

We're not centering. We've been late on the fastballs and out in front of the off-speed pitches. We're stuck in the middle.

Lucas did a nice job. He started out not looking so good, but got stronger and stronger. He got most of his strikeouts late in the game.

Mainly, all of the moisture will be falling Friday afternoon through late Saturday.

Let's keep our economy strong, let's keep our interest rates low. That's the smart thing to do. And, if things work out better in the future, then we'll have more money for a tax cut, ... Late Edition.

Liberty of conscience from the power of the civil magistrate hath been of late years so largely and learnedly handled, that I shall need to be but brief in it; yet it is to be lamented, that few have walked answerably to this principle, each pleading it for themselves, but scarce allowing it to others, as hereafter I shall have occasion more at length to observe.

Lots of people are at risk. It's not too late to get vaccinated, ... And we really want people to keep looking for vaccine, to contact the providers.

Love is like a poisonous mushroom -- you don't know if it is the real thing until it is too late

Layoffs always are higher late in the year. All (the layoff report numbers) suggest that we are still improving compared to last year and there is little real evidence of slippage this month. The slippage was from August to September, but September to October is good number.

Layoffs always are higher late in the year, ... All (the layoff report numbers) suggest that we are still improving compared to last year and there is little real evidence of slippage this month. The slippage was from August to September, but September to October is good number.

Last year was particularly mild. This year is closer to normal snowfall. I wouldn't be overly concerned with the late spring snowmelt causing flooding.

Last year the summer season started in late May when temperatures hit the mid-90s. So we've really got a late start to summer. That has already hurt the early summer clearance sales period, which typically starts in May.

Last year's Freedom 100 epitomized the racing of the Indy Pro Series. We saw numerous lead changes, side-by-side racing and a late shootout for the checkered flag. To be able to showcase that type of racing at a venue like Indianapolis is extraordinary.

Last year, we made a breakthrough because we became the closest-knit group since I have been on the team. That really helped, being together. We came together a little late though. Near the end, we had some really good races, but had we done better, we would have been in the nationals. That was not cool, but at least we are taking a step forward.

Lee was out cold for four minutes, and the video will clarify how late Sean was tackled - if you call it a tackle. I was very disappointed in the assistance given to the referee.

Many of the leading technology companies have shown solid sales and earnings growth since the economy began to improve in late 2001. While technology earnings have continued to grow and the stocks have remained flat or even dropped, we believe the prices of many of these companies are more attractive than we have seen in a long time.

Many investors ask if the market is too high, or if it's too late to get in. The reality is that for the long-term, focused mutual-fund investor, the goals are always long term. 'Now' is always a good time to invest.

many homes were rebuilt right after Camille in the late '60s and '70s when the codes weren't that great. A lot of them were poorly constructed again.

Many of the big decisions over progression, promotion and future career trajectory are taken when people are in their late twenties and thirties, putting women at a huge disadvantage because this is the very time they are most likely to be having a break to have children.

Many, particularly elderly people who are accustomed to getting flu shots from private physicians or those in nursing homes and institutional settings, are not able to get their flu shots. Health departments, which customarily plan on having clinics in mid to late October are having to postpone or cancel until such time as they get an adequate supply of vaccine.

Secrecy can be a killer. Many couples get married in their late 20s or even early 30s and are used to being independent. Having separate accounts allows the couple to maintain some financial independence while being completely open about it.

Second game of a road trip, and then playing in a little bit of altitude, you don't want to get in a running game late in the game like we did and I think that got to us.

September and October are too late to fill the markets we're used to filling in May. I have grave doubts it will protect our markets.

Sense the blessings of the earth in the perfect arc of a ripe tangerine, the taste of warm, fresh bread, the circling flight of birds, the lavender color of the sky shining in a late afternoon rain puddle, the million times we pass other beings in our cars and shops and out among the trees without crashing, conflict, or harm.

So here comes another wet cold southerly for Wellington, similar to the one late last week.

Solitude stands by the window/ She turns her head as I walk in the room/ I can see by her eyes she's been waiting/ Standing in the slant of the late afternoon

She waited so late to decide, and I'm kind of glad, because she had such a stellar senior year. I'm not sure at the beginning of the year that people realized how good a player she was.

She touched me because she comes in and volunteers. She's in her late 60s, and she's starting all over.

She took a real late flight last night so she could get in. She called on Tuesday night and said she would definitely be here.

She tired. It's been a long process. They practice from early in the morning to late at night.

She was getting some help, but it was not enough and it didn't come in time. The failure here is one of resources. They were limited and too late in coming.

She's been playing well late in the season. She's hit some big threes, and we're going to try and not let her get going. We'll need to play hard defense, keep our focus, and keep the ball out of her hands.

She's our best 3-point shooter and she gave us a big lift in the first half. That late '3' was huge - a momentum-killer for them.

She sounded like somebody who would be capable of taking care of Melissa. I didn't like the idea of not meeting her, but that's just the way it happened. ... I think of all the mistakes I made. It's too late to go back.