Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.... -Evelyn Waugh

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Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Evelyn Waugh , Author
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Evelyn Waugh was a British writer and novelist. He is best known for his satirical novels, including "Brideshead Revisited" and "Decline and Fall." His wit and sharp social commentary made him a celebrated figure in British literature and a prominent voice in the interwar period.

Evelyn Waugh Quotes to Explore

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored....
Other nations use 'force'; we Britons alone use 'Might'....
Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth....
He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich....

Time Quotes to Explore

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time....
If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality....
Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be....
In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not perceive it, the ground upon which one treads seems not to move, and one ...
There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there....
We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis....
I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a gam...
I saw a bank that said '24 Hour Banking', but I don't have that much time....
I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work....
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got....