Delay Quotes

Liberalism: To let things slide for the sake of peace and friendship when a person has clearly gone wrong, and refrain from principled argument because he is an old acquaintance, a fellow townsman, a schoolmate, a close friend, a loved one, an old colleague or old subordinate. Or to touch on the matter lightly instead of going into it thoroughly, so as to keep on good terms. The result is that both the organization and the individual are harmed.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.

Delay is the deadliest form of denial.

Not to act is to act. Not to speak is to speak.

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

Do it now. Not next week. Not tomorrow. Not later this afternoon. Now.

You, for whom freedom is dearer than life itself … do not be deceived by the snare that these arrangements are merely temporary. The slavery of a single day is too long for a free soul. Since the other Dutch are free, we too must be free.

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

Liberalism is: To let things drift if they do not affect one personally; to say as little as possible while knowing perfectly well what is wrong, to be worldly wise and play safe and seek only to avoid blame

Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.

Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait. There is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time, they will do it all.

Have you something to do to-morrow; do it to-day.

The world will not wait for us.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

The minute you're working with the government, you're dealing with bureaucracy, you're dealing with time lags, you're dealing with rigidity, you're dealing with a slow pace.

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.

It is with deep regret that the determination to assemble Parliament has been so long delayed.

A tweet is fast. But everything about policy change is very slow. And a lot of us are impatient.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

We thought we would get around to it sometime down the line. Theoretically we could have regulated it, but it wasn't on our radar screen.