#punctual

The superior thing, in this as in other departments of life, was to be late. Lateness showed that serene contempt for the illusion we call time which is so necessary to ensure the respect of others and oneself. Only the servile are punctual...Mystery at Geneva ↗

— Rose Macaulay

#punctuality #respect

Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you. ↗

— Karen Joy Fowler

#punctuality #manners

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#could #determination #diligence #done #habits

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. ↗

— Don Marquis

#always #cardinal #insist #punctuality #subordinates

Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all activities and mutual relations into a stable and impersonal time schedule. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#impersonal #integration #into #life #metropolitan