Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Quote by Evelyn Waugh

Topics: Punctuality Quotes, Witty Quotes

Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite...

Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite...

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.

If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.

Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get...

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get...

We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school.

We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school.

What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to...

What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to...

Youth comes but once in a lifetime

Youth comes but once in a lifetime

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my...

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my...

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth...

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

What is more enchanting than the voices of young people when you can't hear what...

What is more enchanting than the voices of young people when you can't hear what...

What I regret about the follies of youth is not having committed them but not...

What I regret about the follies of youth is not having committed them but not...

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long...

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long...

Poor in my youth, and in life's later scenes - Rich to no end, I...

Poor in my youth, and in life's later scenes - Rich to no end, I...

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon