Timing Quotations

Estelle Getty used the language of a truck driver, or a sailor. Bea Arthur didn't wear shoes. Bea Arthur was a comic genius. Her timing was extraordinary.

There will always be excuses, arguments, and questions of timing when moving on difficult and controversial issues.

To be honest, I am somebody that, as long as I have a character, it doesn't really matter if it's comedy or drama - I think timing is important in either. But for me, it's all about having a character to work on.

When you look back, I think things are as they are meant to be. Timing is very important.

On the tennis court, one needs a cool temperament, tremendous ball sense, reflexes, speed, hand-eye co-ordination, power, timing and peak physical fitness. Off the court, the player and support team need skills in planning, execution, travel, an ability to raise funds when needed, and several other talents.

The way you deal with a scare is the way you deal with a laugh. The timing has to be perfect. When you're dealing with fear or laughter - emotions that happen spontaneously - you hope it's working. But in the moment, you really have no idea.

If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.

Everything is complicated about using concrete - the discipline and dedication necessary to make consistent batches, understanding exactly how the formwork will be laid, what the timing is for the pours, how you keep it clean and neat to achieve a fine quality.

My timing in life has been extraordinary. I've ridden the crest of the wave of the women's movement.

There are certain people I'd absolutely love to work with. I was a huge fan of 'Two and a Half Men.' The comedic timing was so perfect on that show. So maybe that show or maybe 'Modern Family.' Both of those shows have great casts.

In Miami, I was studying improv as well as acting. Improv is a great tool to have, just for the comedic timing that you get. When I moved to L.A., I started taking classes with The Groundlings, and I loved it. I'm definitely in love with improv and comedy.

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

But my longevity is due to my good timing.

You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while waiting for perfect conditions.

Coming into the music industry, even when I was a kid, one thing I learned is timing is everything. You being prepared is everything.

Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing.

Timing really is nearly everything. And what it isn't, circumstance makes up for.

I would love to do something like Austin Powers to show off my comic timing.

Amateur wrestling, you can go by instinct. Pro wrestling, you have to memorize, and you have to go by what moves you said you were going to do. Sometimes you have to feel the crowd and do the moves at the right time and know the timing and tell a good story.

Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness.

I've never considered stand-up. Luckily I'm given great lines to say. I'm not sure how great my timing would be if I actually had to come up with my own jokes.

I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't think you can teach timing. It's something you hear in your head.

If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.

I consider myself to be very fortunate in my career, my timing has worked out.

If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part.

You learn timing on the road. You learn structure and how to read an audience. You learn so much about the business of laughter that you can't learn on a set, because it's all on you. Sometimes you bomb, and you know not to tell that joke again... You just hope people find the humor in the awkwardness.

While I do not believe Ford was wrong to pardon Nixon, the timing of the pardon was premature and may have cost Ford the margin of victory in the 1976 election.

My focus had always been the on-side. My coach wanted me to work on the offside strokes since he was convinced of my ability and timing on the leg side. I worked hard and firmed up my defensive technique. I am happy getting runs all around the wicket now, and getting a lot of boundaries. No one calls me a 'leggie batsman' anymore.

With writing, timing is everything. Being in the right place at the right time.

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing.

Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept, because it's a necessity in ones everyday performance.

Early on, they were timing my contract with an egg timer.

I am aware that as an actor, I can blame others for the failure of a film, the director, the script, choice of co-stars, timing of the release and so on. But now, as the director, I will have to shoulder all the blame.

Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.

My approach to parenting is that everything is open - everything. I'm not very good at covert, or subtle, and I've had to learn timing. I do blunder in a bit.

The average investor's return is significantly lower than market indices due primarily to market timing.

The real important things are kindness and a sense of humor. I've been fortunate to have dated and could have easily married women who have those qualities, and time and circumstances didn't work out. Timing plays a big part.

My turn was good, but the timing wasn't right, and that kind of took me off. I was a bit surprised (by Jack's time). But definitely, it'll give me something to shoot for tomorrow. I'm feeling pretty good right now.

Personally, I think the timing and manner of the book's release, given that it overshadowed the New York Hall of Fame news conference, sealed Pete's fate. For some reason, the commissioner wants to keep Pete on permanent hold.

On the positive side, it has happened early. We've had to re-define the roles of some players and plug people in, but the timing allows us a chance to recover.

I wish the timing was a little different.

I was surprised I didn't get tired. I worked pretty hard. Other than that, my timing was just a bit off. I have to get back into the gym and get that back. The next game is Tuesday, so I have to be ready to go when my name is called.

Night and day difference from day one. He's right there. Now, it's just timing and conditioning.

Nine of the 11 guys have pretty much been together going on four years. I think everybody feels real good where we are, ... I feel good with where the timing is.

When I made the decision, the timing was right. Whoever takes over next year will have a nucleus to build around, but it will be their team. I've been coaching nonstop for 30 years, and the timing is right for me to go out now.

Like I said at the time, I was disappointed in the timing of it. It's all good memories for me. I had so many good memories in this building.

Some calamities - the 1929 stock market crash, Pearl Harbor, 9/11 - have come like summer lightning, as bolts from the blue. The looming crisis of America's Ponzi entitlement structure is different. Driven by the demographics of an aging population, its causes, timing and scope are known.

One player is not bigger than the team. A some point during the season, we've pretty much had every one of our starters miss time or miss games and we've been fine. It's unfortunate, the timing of some of our injuries but that's the way basketball goes. We have confidence in each other.

Maybe this is the missing piece. ... I like his philosophy: Run the ball, push the ball, but be smart. He emphasizes timing and spacing, changes of speed and direction.

Policy makers seem to continue to believe that they can boost demand enough to alleviate the oversupply situation. They now talk of extraordinary monetary measures and huge tax cuts to stimulate demand, ... Although their timing was admittedly very poor, Japanese policy makers attempted the same thing.

Now that PNTR (for China) is out of the way, the timing is right.

Obviously, the timing is unfortunate. Although let's face it, there's no such thing as a good time to get injured. But what can you do? I'm not dwelling on my bad luck. All I have to do now is focus on getting better, so I'm out of action for not a day longer than I have to be.

Obviously the timing is unfortunate. Although let's face it, there's no such thing as a good time to get injured. But what can you do? There's no point dwelling on your bad luck, or whatever. All I'm doing is focusing on getting better as quickly as possible, so I'm out of action for not a day longer than I have to be.

Obviously, the timing of this is not great for us, but we will grant Richard his request. We wish him the best of luck.

Naturally, I would like to be a little more finely tuned. I'm definitely not where I want to be as a quarterback in terms of timing and those types of things, but it's coming back, and I think the extra work is paying off.

Riding that bike and the little sideline running isn't basketball. My timing is still off, but it's basketball. It's what I do.

Right now, I'm the guy preparing to play this week. I'll go out and prepare that way and get the timing down with the receivers and make sure I get the verbiage called with the plays. Once you get the game plan down, everything just becomes natural at that point.

Retirement is postponed and we will continue to train him toward a race in the future. The timing is uncertain. As long as he progresses and holds up under aggressive training, we will continue to keep him in training. In the event he develops soreness in his foot, we will probably retire him. It is day by day, week by week. We're optimistic and hoping for the best.

Revenue came in a little bit lower than expected, but that has to do with timing of shipments. As investors start to digest today's news the stock will move higher.

Last year's line was in the first year with Coach Cable. I think the added year has made a difference in the timing thing that's expected to be there.

There are lots of planning opportunities in the timing of withdrawals to pay for college. For high school juniors, we're rebalancing to prepare for payout. For seniors, we may not plan payouts until the family has gotten their financial-aid package.

Mr. Brewer has clearly calculated the timing of the dissemination of his campaign literature to deprive me of the opportunity to make a measured and meaningful response to the voters.

She helped me understand the nutritional aspect of my diet and the timing of eating in respect to my workouts. That has helped me with my body composition.

So far, the pitching has been very good. The hitters are still getting their timing down. The pitching has remained consistent and we are scoring enough to win and getting some timely hits.

should be commended for the timing and thoroughness of these answers.

Sen. Bennett succinctly and clearly outlined the reasons to oppose both the proposed Yucca Mountain and PFS facilities, ... The momentum is shifting and the timing is right to address our nuclear waste challenges in a way that offers real, long-term solutions. The safest, most reasonable and effective solution is to store nuclear waste where it is already being produced.

She's starting to get it back. It's not only the injury, it's being out of basketball for a year. It's a timing issue. But she's going to be really good, and we're excited about her.

She sits down and plays defense. She has good timing on steals. She is able to contain people on the perimeter and gets a lot of five-seconds calls because of her pressure defense.

If the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!

We might be a little off as far as our timing goes. But our guys are going to be fine. This was a well-deserved break for them, they should be re-energized and happy to get back to work.

Saying just the right thing after a considerable, awkward pause is far less effective than saying the wrong thing with perfect timing. I'm telling you.

I would tell you every day, I think that it is very important to come in and get your timing down. You get your legs and your wind, get used to the heat and so on. That's all part of it.

Guys were upset over some of the things that were going on off the ice. But the timing of it, it sounded like sour grapes after losing.

Greenspan's remarks will be significant, either because of what he does say or what he doesn't say, ... They will move rates higher this year but the timing of that may have changed.

He knows his subject inside out and has a sense of timing and a wit that few people can match.

Given that less than one million of these motherboards have been shipped, we do not foresee the reserve being above a few hundred million. The timing of the reserve will match when the shipments were made, resulting in a restatement of first quarter 2000 results.

I am very concerned about the actions of USDA to close beef processing plants in Montana. The timing of this action is disturbing. We hope USDA is not taking this action in retribution for MCA, R-CALF USA and Governor Schweitzer's recent actions to protect the Montana cow herd from Canadian bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Governor Schweitzer purchased a 4-H pig during the Lewis and Clark County Fair, and that carcass is hanging at the Butte plant targeted for closure by USDA.

I feel like I'm skating and all that, but I feel the timing is not there. I certainly don't have the goals (four in 17 games) that I want.

I feel like I'm where I need to be, ... As far as hitting, I feel good about where my timing is. I'm making solid contact every time up. I just try to stay right there and not try to do anything more.

I feel like it was just timing and that for the first time, I feel like this is an expression of who I am.

Frankly, we question the timing of this announcement on the heels of one of the largest mergers in the history of software,

Fukui has said nothing new, he has pretty much repeated what the market already knows and hasn't changed the timing of a shift on quantitative easing.

I feel like I know the system the best. I can run all of the plays effectively and have a good grasp of timing with players.

I feel sorry for him, given the timing of it. You think he's on top of the world after getting 3,000 hits.

If Brian's going to be injured, it's nice that it happened now, ... Because you're not going to be able to acquire somebody who went to training camp, who's been the starter this season in the NFL, someone you feel is a good fit for our offense after the trade deadline. In some ways, the timing of the injury was beneficial.

If Brian's going to be injured, it's nice that it happened now. Because you're not going to be able to acquire somebody who went to training camp, who's been the starter this season in the NFL, someone you feel is a good fit for our offense after the trade deadline. In some ways, the timing of the injury was beneficial.

I am disappointed in Justin's decision and certainly the timing of this decision.

I don't think it will be that tough. Getting the timing down and shooting touch back will be the hardest, but if I shoot around enough I'll be OK. I may be behind, but not way behind.

Given the timing and changing requirements for new USAF tankers, the prospects for the current 767 production program to extend uninterrupted into a USAF tanker contract (are) becoming less likely.

Given this timing and uncertainty of the outcome of the appeals process, we are reluctant to respond to requests we have for breakup valuation. But using just a 'back of the envelope' valuation, based on current revenue multiples for comparables to each business unit, we would assign a 15x revenue multiple to the Windows business unit and a 17x revenue multiple to the applications business.

Given three days' notice as to the general location of landfall and the projected level of impact, I thought we would have been better prepared for this situation. We certainly would not have had the luxury of knowledge of timing and location were it a terrorist attack on the levees rather than the impact from Katrina.

I don't think he was really able to get his timing down and get in sync with his receivers. We were changing things up and giving him a lot of different looks. It can be confusing. Obviously, it was confusing enough to make a difference today.

Glenn said it wasn't appropriate timing in relation to family matters.

I believe the timing on this proper given the charges, given the specificity of the charges for the first time.

Capital is readily available, and private equity investors are looking for investment opportunities. By entering into joint ventures with investors, savvy developers can obtain capital at lower costs to acquire land, optimize the timing of lot acquisitions and shift some of the risk of funding necessary for roads, sewers, utility lines and other infrastructure needed for development.

I felt fine, ... I wanted to take all of the snaps, but (coach Tom Coughlin) took me out and I don't argue with the head man about that. But I was making all the throws. I threw some deep ones that actually had too much on them. I have to work on the timing on some of those things, but it felt good throwing.

I felt good. My timing was a little off. But there wasn't any pain. That's the main thing. It was nice to see someone throwing at me and having to react.

I felt like I was flowing. My timing was there. Something wasn't working out.

Business capital spending is coming on strong and the timing of these equipment purchases could not be better. Business spending will take up the slack as the housing slowdown cools consumers' appetites.