Delay Quotes

378 quotes by 314 authors

True. The one certainty about riding, Braygan, is that - at some time - you will fall off. It is a fact. Another fact you… — David Gemmell
Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay. — Aesop
I came into the world under the sign of Saturn -- the star of the slowest revolution, the planet of detours and delays. — Walter Benjamin
i wish i could freeze this moment, somehow delay my final decision, and just hang here in the balance between two places, two worlds, two… — Emily Giffin
Naturally I feel no shame in writing these things because of the time which separates the moment when they are written--when only I can see… — Annie Ernaux
Powerful to alleviate, to delay, to camouflage, though money is, in the end it lets us down. — Caryll Houselander
It seemed better to delay thinking. — Charles Bukowski
Yet if there's no reason to live without a child, how could there be with one? To answer one life with a successive life is… — Lionel Shriver
He may delay because it would not be safe to give us at once what we ask: we are not ready for it. To give… — George MacDonald
Is there no pity sitting in the clouds That sees into the bottom of my grief? O sweet my mother, cast me not away! Delay… — William Shakespeare
A bride, before a "Good-night" could be said, Should vanish from her clothes into her bed, As souls from bodies steal, and are not spied.… — John Donne
There is no avoidance in delay. — Aeschylus
The only reason to delay at this point was because the immediate prospect was so deeply uninviting. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that heâ€™s been robbed. The fact is… — Gordon B. Hinckley
(He glared at them while it rang and rang and rang. Grimacing at the delay, Nick glanced toward Kody.) â€œDo necromancers not have voice mail?â€… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
No one can believe how powerful prayer is and what it can effect, except those who have learned it by experience. Whenever I have prayed… — Martin Luther
Oh,â€ she said. â€œYou can rest assured that I will kill him. Mostly this is to emphasize what I said before: no more time to… — Richelle Mead
We know â€“ it has been measured in many experiments â€“ that children with strong impulse control grow to be better adjusted, more dependable, achieve… — Jonathan Sacks
Admit nothing - that was his first rule. Appeal to logic - second rule. Delay the inevitable - third rule. — Cinda Williams Chima
For everyone and everything, there is a time to die. Some do not know it, or would delay it, but its truth cannot be denied.… — Garth Nix

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