#delayed

[M]ost people go through life a wee bit disappointed in themselves. I think we all keep a memory of a moment when we missed someone or something, when we could have gone down another path, a happier or better or just a different path. Just because they're in the past doesn't mean you can't treasure the possibilities ... maybe we put down a marker for another time. And now's the time. Now we can do whatever we want to do. ↗

— James Robertson

#contentment #delayed-opportunities #disappointment #fulfillment #life

I think, like a lot of other people who have been in the service, you'd been delayed in what you were doing. You wanted to catch up and the best way to catch up was to move as fast as you could toward a degree. ↗

— Daniel J. Evans

#best #best way #catch #could #degree

In 2001-2002, I told the president that the election was supposed to take place when the war was over, at a time when we could return to peaceful life. We agreed upon that. However, I can see now that the election cannot be delayed any longer. ↗

— Akhmad Kadyrov

#any #cannot #could #delayed #election

The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought. ↗

— John Keegan

#always #battle #better #chinese #classics

I came running down the stairs that morning, like it was Christmas. My parents were already up. In my family, presents never waited; they were there upon waking. Our family has a problem with what they called delayed gratification. We want what we want when we want it, and we always want it now. ↗

— Neal Shusterman

#ennui #spoiled #want #wealth #family

The original Return of the Living Dead, I was attached to direct it, and I wrote the story. Production was delayed. In the meantime I went to London to do Lifeforce. ↗

— Tobe Hooper

#dead #delayed #direct #i #living

The most important pathological effects of pollution are extremely delayed and indirect. ↗

— Rene Dubos

#effects #extremely #important #indirect #most

The payment for certain sins can be delayed. But they can't be avoided. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#certain #delayed #payment #sins

The payment for sins can be delayed. But they can't be avoided. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#delayed #payment #sins

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats. ↗