#defer

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

#could #defer #director #him #i

I don't know anyone who ever got deferred pay. I'm the first of my friends to ever actually get a deferred paycheck. ↗

— Heather Donahue

#anyone #deferred #ever #first #friends

I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire. ↗

— Charles Olson

#american #both #defer #envy #i

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#antidote #best #deferring

Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#action #children #commitments #decisively #deferring

Those people behind the mosque have to respect, have to appreciate and have to defer to the people of New York. The wound is still there. Just because the wound is healing you can't say, 'Let's just go back to where we were pre-9/11. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#back #because #behind #defer #go

How often do you find yourself saying, “In a minute”, “I’ll get to it” or “Tomorrow’s good enough” and every other possible excuse in the book? Compare it with how often you decide it’s got to be done, so let’s get on and do it! That should tell you just how serious your procrastinating problem really is. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#defer #delay #dilly-dallying #laziness #postpone

Both positive and negative thinking are contagious. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#defer #delay #dilly-dallying #laziness #postpone

The problem with procrastination is it’s been around since the beginning of time it seems. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#defer #delay #dilly-dallying #laziness #postpone

Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now. ↗

— P. T. Barnum

#done #early #hour #just #late