Famous quotes containing the words acceptable time, acceptable and/or time:
“See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation!”
—Bible: New Testament, 2 Corinthians 6:2.
“[As teenager], the trauma of near-misses and almost- consequences usually brings us to our senses. We finally come down someplace between our parents’ safety advice, which underestimates our ability, and our own unreasonable disregard for safety, which is our childlike wish for invulnerability. Our definition of acceptable risk becomes a product of our own experience.”
—Roger Gould (20th century)
“Lately, I’ve become accustomed to the way
The ground opens up and envelopes me
Each time I go out to walk the dog.”
—Imamu Amiri Baraka (b. 1934)