Top 188 Only Time Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Only Time Quotes from famous people such as James Baldwin, Cris Collinsworth, Tim Burton, Loretta Young, Jrue Holiday, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is

No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time.
James Baldwin
The funny thing about this business is the only time I get praised is for being critical, but I don’t want that to be my sole reputation as an announcer.
Cris Collinsworth
Danny Elfman, the composer, tells me the only time he thinks I’m happy is when I’m on the scoring stage, and I see the pressure’s on him and it’s a little off me.
Tim Burton
The split second she ceases to care is the only time a woman ceases to be attractive.
Loretta Young
As a point guard, you don’t really have to score. The only time you have to score is when you have to score.
Jrue Holiday
I’m quite happy trekking around Greenland on my own, but those big book tours in America or the Far East are the only time I ever really feel lonely.
Michelle Paver
I run about four to five miles, three days a week. I have four young children, so pretty much the only time I can get away is real early in the morning.
Kai Ryssdal
I don’t listen to my songs. The only time I do it is when someone points out a flaw in the end product.
Atif Aslam
God exists in eternity. The only point where eternity meets time is in the present. The present is the only time there is.
Marianne Williamson
The first music-learning thing that I took seriously was piano lessons when I was a kid. I guess that was probably the only time that I was forced to perform music, because I had piano recitals, and my school also had mandatory music classes that had some performing required.
Frankie Cosmos
My three years at Canterbury Christ Church University was the only time in my life I had my own room – first I shared with my brothers and later with my wife Lou.
Rob Beckett
Madam your wife and I didn’t hit it off the only time I ever saw her. I won’t say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn’t me.
Elizabeth Gaskell
I get up around 4 every morning because it’s the only time I can find time for myself.
Jeremiah Brent
Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we’ve got.
Art Buchwald
So whatever it is you want, need or desire or just like to have, you better try to get it now, ’cause this is the only time there is.
Della Reese
How can I stop acting? I don’t think there is a full stop. Maybe the only time I will stop will be when acting stops fascinating me. I will have to find something that fascinates me more.
Tabu
The only time I actually got mad at God is when my dad completely changed and was my closest friend, and then he was taken from me too soon.
Bart Millard
When I’m on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.
Dave Chappelle
My favorite part of podcasting is running my mouth for an hour. The only time I don’t like it is when I’m off. Then that hour feels like a day and a half.
Bill Burr
I think the only time that I worry about looking good is on the red carpet.
Camila Alves
Even little adjustments in promos or being a heel, different mannerisms in the ring, every week there’s something I can do better. The only time I get flustered is when I try to do too many things at once. It’s better to do one thing each week and work on that.
Charlotte Flair
Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.
Nat King Cole
I would only tell a story if I was being mercilessly heckled. That’s the only time I would talk to the audience.
Mark Lanegan
I’ve been nominated for 12 Emmys, and we won – for ‘Top Chef’ – the only time I didn’t go.
Andy Cohen
In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn’t like it-simple as that.
Terry Gilliam
The only time I’m really upset is if we lose the game and I feel like I wasn’t involved.
Le’Veon Bell
When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman.
Gene Kelly
I lived for four years in the 1930s with these individuals and the only time that I wasn’t thinking about dealing with physical suffering is when I was working on this book. I’ve never been more alive as when I worked on this book.
Laura Hillenbrand
Racing is the only time I feel whole.
James Dean
I wouldn’t say I’m underrated, but more reserved. Only time will tell, but I’ve been good so far in being consistent and making hit after hit writing for myself and other artists, from rap to R&B, and being able to make those different records.
Future
The only time I get recognised is when I go somewhere that is showing ‘Coupling’ on local television.
Gina Bellman
I watched Janis one time - we opened for her - and that

I watched Janis one time – we opened for her – and that’s the only time I ever saw her. We opened for Jimi Hendrix. I got to stand on the side of the stage and watch him for two hours and then he died. But I got the essence before they left.
Stevie Nicks
I think I’m the only singer who doesn’t have a temper. The only time I got angry was at a music studio when I was made to wait for three hours without being informed about the delay in the recording.
Sunidhi Chauhan
The only time I ever spend alone is when I am working or when my husband is away filming. I put the kids to bed and have an hour and a half in the evening for myself.
Helen McCrory
The only time I scream is when I see the 5 A.M. start on the call sheet.
Bradley Walsh
The only time I used to regret being a woman was when I had to use the toilets on sets when I would be shooting.
Sharmila Tagore
I will say that when I first came out to the States to work on ‘Jericho,’ that was the only time that I’ve ever been frightened about a job, because in America they tell stories over such a long time, and I was petrified that I’d get bored.
Lennie James
I am a quiet person’s nightmare. The only time I shut up is when I’m reading, because I’m a book geek.
Jodie Whittaker
The only time we create any kind of substantive change is when we reach out to a disaffected electorate and inspire and motivate them to vote.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Saturday and Sunday mornings are the only time the children are allowed to turn on the television.
Mariella Frostrup
The only time that I am really truly happy – when I feel at my best – is when I’m on the stage.
Etta James
How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they’re giving you an enema.
Warren Beatty
Yeah, the only time I’m finally rooting for someone is when I’m in the clubhouse and I’m done and they’re out there playing and have a chance to win.
Justin Thomas
One of the best things about summer is that it’s the only time of year I don’t have crazy amounts of studying to do. I can relax with books I actually enjoy!
Kelly Gale
There are certain things that make me relax, like writing my journal. That’s the only time that I’m relaxing. It’s the only time I really get to examine myself.
Jessica Simpson
The only time I’ve tried to make plans, the cosmic sledgehammer has intervened and something else has happened. You just have to wait and see what comes your way, so that’s what I do.
Peter Capaldi
The one and only time I met Pope Benedict XVI was when he was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger.
David Novak
I recall my dad saying about me once that the only time he’d ever heard me say ‘never’ was when I was asked if I’d had enough.
Bob Diamond
All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It was the only thing I ever got right at school.
David Bailey
Where I lived, it was a cold mining place, a village called Dunston. The only time you saw a Rolls-Royce was when somebody died.
Brian Johnson
I’m not a summertime guy. The only time I really enjoy the summer is touring and performing because there is nothing else for me to do at home. It’s too hot, and you can’t farm. You can’t hunt.
Blake Shelton
If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Until spring training in 1946, the only time I pitched was in 1945 in the GI World Series.
Leon Day
My brother and I have never been that close. We have different mothers and never lived in the same house. As kids, my sister, Samantha, and I lived in San Diego and Brad in Brooklyn. The only time I saw him was in the summer when our visitations with our father overlapped.
Jenny Mollen
It’s hard to tell if fashion will hold on to its ‘exclusive’ attitude, or change completely. Only time and Instagram will tell.
Masaba Gupta
I was a momma’s boy. I didn’t get anything from Dad, except my body and baseball knowledge. The only time I spent with him was at the ballpark.
Barry Bonds
I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don’t think about it is when I’m playing it.
Carl Yastrzemski
Jewellery’s not a big thing for me. The only thing I wear is a gold cross on a chain that I got for my 21st birthday. You have to take it off every day for filming, but that’s the only time I’m not wearing it. You won’t find me in rings, bracelets or earrings.
Jonas Armstrong
The only time I think about my contract is when I’m asked about it by the media.
Theo Epstein
All I remember is my father working hard. He’d be gone for work before I ate my breakfast and come home at night, have dinner, sit on the couch and fall asleep and go and do the same thing the next day. The only time I ever got to see any joy in my dad was when we went to the football on a Sunday.
Angelos Postecoglou
The only time I mind autographs is when I’m out with my family. You’re trying to enjoy kids and grandkids and here comes a swarm, and there go your wife and kids. That happens to every celebrity. It’s the price you pay.
Billy Williams
In my world, the dressing room was sacrosanct. The only time anyone was permitted to take pictures in there was when we had won a trophy.
Paul Scholes