Time is what prevents everything from happening at once

Quote by John Archibald Wheeler

Topics: Clocks Quotes, Time Quotes

It was the defining event and remains a thousand degrees hot.

It was the defining event and remains a thousand degrees hot.

To hate is to study, to study is to understand, to understand is to appreciate,...

To hate is to study, to study is to understand, to understand is to appreciate,...

In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.

In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.

If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a...

If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a...

In order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions...

In order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions...

It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. And it...

It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. And it...

We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of...

We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of...

No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon.

No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon.

Behind it all is surely an idea so simple, so beautiful, that when we grasp...

Behind it all is surely an idea so simple, so beautiful, that when we grasp...

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by...

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by...

A watched clock never tells the time

A watched clock never tells the time

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never...

Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night...

I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night...

Clock watchers never seem to be having a good time.

Clock watchers never seem to be having a good time.

Time's winged chariot hurrying near.

Time's winged chariot hurrying near.