Ticking Quotes

(from a Barbara Walters interview a few months prior to his death) I am getting older and time is ticking. The more time goes by the more I feel a sense of urgency and I can accept anything except for complacency.

(on whether he would be interested in returning his character Spike to the "Angel" (1999) universe:) "I have no idea what`s in the future - but what I do know is that I play a vampire, and the clock is ticking on how long this face can be believably exactly the same as when we met him (seven years previously on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)). If they want to do something, let`s not wait too long." (10 May 2004)

I wanted to play the part that Mary Kay played, the lawyer who wanted to have baby and felt her clock ticking, because it was something I could relate to.

Mitchell said. ``He`s still ticking pretty good. No question the system you run in is very important. How do you get your yards? Ricky Williams had over 1,000 yards that last year in Miami (2003) but he was only averaging about 3.5 yards a carry. That`s tough, tough yardage. Your body will only take but so much of that. Corey can get those yards, but he gets them outside, too.

There have been developments, we`ve had some positive developments in terms of statements from politicians in Iraq, from clerics in Iraq, so we take some comfort from that. But there`s much more to be done. The clock is ticking, and we need to keep working to get her out.

As soon as someone abandons a property the clock starts ticking.

I`ve been writing stories since I was a kid, and James and I had been talking about wanting to make a film for many years before this. Even though we wrote the film as a means to an end, so that James would have something to direct and I could have something to act in, it wasn`t a slough for me to get through it because I love writing. It took me a long time only because I felt like it was all or nothing, that this script had to be good enough to compete at a world level. We didn`t want it to be something that was something that was pretty good for a couple of guys from Melbourne. We wanted it to be a good film on a par with other independent films like Run, Lola, Run and Pi and Memento, these cool thrillers that had ticking-clock gimmicks to them. They`re the type of films we wanted to be up there with. (on `Saw`)

I am convinced that pit bulls are ticking time bombs. I am convinced that they are inherently dangerous animals,

It`s wasteful to have a train pass just ticking away.

The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever.

It`s time to start the clock ticking on the government of Sudan.

It`s getting pretty intense. Every day has been ticking by. I just want to get there. The anticipation is killing me.

The clock is really ticking. It`s tearing us up knowing that so many animals are in need and (we) can`t get to every one on our own.