Quotes About Delay

The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action.

I would have started the National Actors Theatre 30 years earlier.

You ever notice how long it takes for things to happen when you know they're supposed to happen? My fake Walkman has a built-in alarm, and I set it for two in the morning and wear the headphones to bed, but before you can wake up you have to fall asleep, and I never DO fall asleep because I keep waiting for the alarm to go off.

A Lesson Nasrudin was teaching his son life lessons. "Never give anybody anything immediately," he said. "Wait until at least a couple of days have gone by." "But why?" his son inquired. "Because," Nasrudin responded, "people appreciate receiving something much more if they first have to doubt whether or not they will actually get it!

To make someone wait: the constant prerogative of all power.

sour taste of obligation postponed

Con los borrachos lo único que se podía hacer era retrasar las cosas, antes o después, se volvían a hundir.

Progress always slows down before picking up again.

I've since deduced that it's always a trap when you don't get to eat until after you hear the talk.

I'm writing a book on Procrastination. I hope to start it tomorrow. I've been thinking about it for almost six years now.

No is never "no," it's just "no" for now.

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.

Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never gets done as soon as you wish it would.

La plupart des gens ne meurent qu'au dernier moment ; d'autres commencent et s'y prennent vingt ans d'avance et parfois davantage.

Sophie, as I'd noticed on other occasions, needed time to get her emotions started. Not that she was cold. When it hit her, it was like a ton of bricks, but she needed time.

Wait for it,' the single dash seems to whisper, with a twinkle if you're lucky.

Why is this? Why do a majority develop a capacity to delay gratification while a substantial minority fail, often irretrievably, to develop this capacity? The answer is not absolutely, scientifically known. The role of genetic factors is unclear. The variables cannot be sufficiently controlled for scientific proof. But most of the signs rather clearly point to the quality of parenting as the determinant.

Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with.

Plant the seed now, enjoy the fruit later.

If you want to get ahead in life, I've found that perhaps the most useless word in the world is "tomorrow.

Sometimes great achievements arrive much later than we expect, but they arrive, and they are great.

A golden opportunity may turn into silver if you wait too long to take advantage of it.

Waiting is not wasting. It is a strategy for champing for greater things.

I believe that 99 percent of what anyone does can effectively be postponed.