Quotation by

George Burns

Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up.

Time

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

The saying highlights that while things that rise will eventually fall, some things that fall may never rise again. It reflects the idea that time can cause irreversible changes or losses that cannot be undone.

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Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

Lost time is never found again.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?