Famous quotes containing the words time and/or act:
“At a time when pimpery, lick-spittlery, and picking the publics pocket are the order of the dayindeed, officially proclaimed as virtuethe poet must play the madcap to keep his balance. And ours.”
—Studs Terkel (b. 1912)
“Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.”
—Deborah Tannen (20th century)