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Quotes About Delays

Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.
~ George Canning
By the end of November, Halpin had had enough. He made a motion to have the case moved to another judge, citing all the delays Morrow had allowed in the case. Morrow granted Halpin's motion, and the case was moved to Supreme Court Judge Michael Tynan, who would preside over the case to its resolution.
~ Philip Carlo
It would be nice if we could clear up the nominations that are still out there, and there are a lot of them.
~ Tom Daschle
The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited.
~ Tom Lantos
The essence of a government health care system - for people who have never lived under it and don't know - is waiting, waiting, waiting. You wait for everything. You wait for years for operations that are routine in America.
~ Mark Steyn
Airports drive me mad. I don't mind the flying; it's all the hassle before you get on the plane and afterwards, including walking five miles through corridors to the point where you queue for ages to check passports and hope your luggage has arrived safely.
~ June Whitfield
I try to travel as light as possible to avoid baggage issues. Los Angeles airport is notorious for baggage delays, so I'll often FedEx a suitcase ahead or back so I don't need to stand around; it also minimises problems at check-in.
~ Kyle MacLachlan
5. All frustration is due to unfulfilled desires. If you dwell on obstacles, delays, and difficulties, your subconscious mind responds accordingly, and you are blocking your own good.
~ Joseph Murphy
I came into the world under the sign of Saturn -- the star of the slowest revolution, the planet of detours and delays.
~ WALTER BENJAMIN
When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.
~ James Dyson
Sexual desires are usually not directly announced but concealed under a series of feints, gestures, styles of dress, and showy behavior. Seductions are staged, scripted, costumed. Certain responses are sought, plots are developed. In skillful seductions delays are employed, special circumstances and settings are arranged.
~ James P. Carse
Ultimately the demonstrated ability of technologies such as GMO to solve overwhelming problems will prevail, but the temporary delays caused by irrational opposition will nonetheless result in unnecessary suffering.
~ Ray Kurzweil
Time always wins; our victories are only delays; but delays are sweet, and a delay can last a whole lifetime.
~ Rebecca Solnit
The velocity of decision making in government was extraordinary slow. It took 18 to 24 months and 15 to 20 trips to Delhi to get a license to import computers.
~ N. R. Narayana Murthy
I am often late for planes. The airlines know me now, they call at home and ask, 'How much later will you be today?
~ Gina Lollobrigida
Roy Hill had to achieve more than 4,000 approvals, permits, and licences and more again for construction. The delays and costs of this were not only humungous and waste of human resources but did nothing to assist productivity.
~ Gina Rinehart
There are certainly delays in this year's agreed program, and we must quickly catch up. Let's not kid ourselves, there is still big waste in the public sector, and it must stop.
~ Antonis Samaras
What do we know about autism in 2013? Autism symptoms generally emerge before age three and usually much earlier, often as language delays or lack of social engagement. Recent research suggests that autism can be detected during the first year of life, even before classic symptoms emerge. Indeed, the symptoms may be a late stage of autism.
~ Thomas R. Insel
There is clearly a rule at O'Hare that, no matter what flight you come in on, your connecting flight must be at a gate as far away as possible. And,
~ David Rosenfelt
By using big data, it will also be possible to predict adverse weather conditions, rerouting ships to avoid delays, and monitor fuel data, thereby allowing companies to optimize their supply chains and the way they drive their business.
~ Soren Skou
Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
In any country, governance issues are there. Challenges are there, pressures are there. When multi-party coalitions take decisions, sometimes delays will be there. But that is what democracy is: it is beauty or it's challenge.
~ Anand Sharma
Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts back in the 60's with this little harmonium, and I also had saxophone taped delays.
~ Terry Riley
Among the deficiencies common to the Italian and the U.S. postal systems are: - inefficiency, and delays in deliveries - old-fashioned organization - low efficiency and low salaries of personnel - high frequency of strikes - very high operational deficit - Roberto Vacca, The Coming Dark Age
~ Larry Niven