Spike Milligan Quotes

The things that got me through grade school are helping me out later in life. It's like, I show up on time. If you buy a ticket to one of my shows, I'll show up. I'll be there. And if it says 10:00, I'll be on stage at 10:00.

I do not keep people waiting. I will always be on time.

Good parents are always on time. So are good CEOs.

I'm not that guy that blows deadlines anymore.

I never, absolutely never, keep people waiting.

I always turn in my books on time, so you can always count on a book coming out when it's supposed to.

Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber.

You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own.

No, I can never rely on Tim to make me pretty.

Until you're the person that other people fall back on, until you're the one that's leaned on, not the person doing the leaning, you're not an adult.

Tell me I have to be somewhere, and I'll be there 20 minutes early and stay there longer than anybody else. You hold up a lot of people if you're not on time.

I came in on time, I was always a professional.

I'm a professional, and I have to always do my job.

Sometimes you just don't show up, and in our profession, it's a bad day.

I just show up and do what I'm supposed to do.

I am the kind who is always on time while shooting.

You better do your job and not lean on me to do it for you.

It's my impression that I've done every job that I've been asked to do.

My dad has ingrained that in me: 'Be accountable.'

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.

I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly.

I would say if you are going to party, show up on time to work.