#hesitate

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#advises #another #any #before #contradict

Anyone who'd sell out a whole town wouldn't hesitate to double-cross one man. ↗

— Arnold Rothstein

#hesitate #man #out #sell #town

I have been unable to live an uncommitted or suspended life. I have not hesitated to declare my affiliation with an extremely unpopular cause. ↗

— Edward Said

#been #cause #declare #extremely #hesitated

I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again. When you go to confession and entrust your sins to the safe-keeping of the priest, do you ever come back for them? ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#again #am #back #bank #come

The Deep South has the friendliest people in the world. They will do anything for you. They also want to know what's going on and won't hesitate to ask questions. ↗

— John Grisham

#anything #ask #deep #deep south #going

The time to hesitate is through. ↗

— Robby Krieger

#through #time

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. ↗

— Golda Meir

#before #fit #hesitate #his #into

You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so. ↗

— Edmund S. Muskie

#god-given #god-given right #government #hesitate #kick

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#accomplished #brave #doctor #does #even

People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough. ↗

— David Sylvian

#anticipate #approached #artists #ask #because