Defer Quotes

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Human beings go to church. The guy in the front dressed in black is the guy you defer to. He is in charge of the… — Frederick Lenz
I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous. — Billy Crudup
It is becoming plain that our liberal regime of equality and personal freedom depends, more than most theorists of liberalism have been willing to admit,… — Mary Ann Glendon
We have to take care about nature as much as nature is taking care about us. Nature is very kind with us. And if you… — Shimon Peres
Ask yourself, "When does this decision have to be taken?" and having answered it, defer the decision until then, in order to give yourself maximum… — John Cleese
Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction. The mature person can face unpleasantness, frustration, discomfort and defeat without… — Ann Landers
I will no longer confer, differ, refer, defer, prefer, or suffer. I renounce the whole tribe of fero. I embrace absolute life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not… — Mia Hamm
My father firmly embraced the Ralph Kramden philosophy: he was king of his Levittown castle. He worked hard, and his family deferred to his wishes.… — Bill O'Reilly
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to… — William Penn
Men spend their lives in anticipations,â€”in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage… — Charles Caleb Colton
To consider what other people might say is hardly a good reason to take action or to defer it. You have your own life to… — Gregory Maguire
I know Iâ€™m Charonte and we defer to our females, but you have to respect the fact that Iâ€™m Charonte and we protect our females… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
To learn to see- to accustom the eye to calmness, to patience, and to allow things to come up to it; to defer judgment, and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Lissa lowered her voice and added, "I might not even go to school anyway. I might defer and join the Peace Corps and go to… — Sarah Dessen
You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already… — Denis Diderot
Human rights' are a fine thing, but how can we make ourselves sure that our rights do not expand at the expense of the rights… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
If our prayer is â€œDear God, please use me to be of service,â€ then that is what we will be. And it is not for… — Marianne Williamson
Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends. — William Shakespeare
Come, my Celia, let us prove, While we can, the sports of love, Time will not be ours for ever, He, at length, our good… — Ben Jonson

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