Punctuality quotes

“- Virginia Woolf: Leonard thinks it's the end of civilization: People who are invited at 4 and arrive at 2:30.
- Vanessa Bell: Oh God.
- Virginia Woolf: Barbarians.”
Nicole Kidman - Virginia Woolf
Miranda Richardson - Vanessa Bell

“- Emma: Put the baby squirrel back in the tree.
- Jake: What baby squirrel?
[Emma looks at her watch then holds out her hand to catch the falling baby squirrel]
- Jake: That happens every day?
- Emma: Like clockwork.”
Ella Purnell - Emma
Asa Butterfield - Jake

“- Sherlock Holmes: Someday we'll be reunited. In another world, a much better world.
- Elizabeth Hardy: I'll be waiting. And you'll be late... as always.”
Nicholas Rowe - Sherlock Holmes
Sophie Ward - Elizabeth Hardy

“I'm a pro: I'm never late. I try to control flatulence.”
Donald Sutherland

“Well, you did your job, so I suppose I can't kill your wife. Although to be honest, I'd be doing the sighted world a favor.”
Terence Stamp - Siegfried

“- Frodo: You're late.
- Gandalf: A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.”
Elijah Wood - Frodo
Sir Ian McKellen - Gandalf

“- Elizabeth Grant: What time will you be home?
- Jeff Grant: 5, 6... something like that.
- Elizabeth Grant: Could you be a little more specific? I get tired of cooking dinner twice.”
Caroline Kava - Elizabeth Grant
River Phoenix - Jeff Grant

“- Sir Laurence Olivier: Marilyn, my darling, you are an angel and I kiss the hem of your garment but why can't you get here on time for the love of fuck?
- Marilyn Monroe: Oh, you have that word in England too?”
Sir Kenneth Branagh - Sir Laurence Olivier
Michelle Williams - Marilyn Monroe

“- Diana Barrie: Let's do something naughty. You always think of such good naughty things to do.
- Sidney Cochran: I was naughty all day yesterday.
- Diana Barrie: Not with me, you weren't.
- Sidney Cochran: You'll just have to learn to show up on time.”
Maggie Smith - Diana Barrie
Sir Michael Caine - Sidney Cochran

“Passion is the enemy of precision.”
Bill Pullman - Daryl Zero

“If there's one thing I admire in someone it's punctuality. And flexibilty!”
Daniel Stern - Officer Richard Lymangood

“The Queen is never late, everybody else is simply early.”
Julie Andrews - Queen Clarisse Renaldi

“What is this? Keep - your station - clear! When the meal rush comes, what will happen? Messy stations slow things down. Food doesn't go, orders pile up, disaster! I'll make this easier to remember: keep your station clear, or I will kill you!”

Janeane Garofalo - Colette

“- Dr. Deere: Maximilian, how very good of you to be so punctual!
- Max: The name is Vandeveer. I don't wish to be on first name terms with anyone who's had their fingers up my rectum.”
John Le Mesurier - Dr. Deere
Robert Morley - Max

“Timing is everthing in life.”
David Paymer - Morty

“- Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Holmes, jealous? My dear, that word does not enter my vocabulary.
- Elizabeth Hardy: Neither does punctuality.”
Nicholas Rowe - Sherlock Holmes
Sophie Ward - Elizabeth Hardy

“It's a science experiment! Stop the train just before you hit the switch track up ahead!”
Chris Lloyd - Dr. Emmett Brown

“James Bond. You appear with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season.”
Michael Lonsdale - Hugo Drax