Quotes About Delay

Be silent" (Matt. 20:31; Mark 10:48; Luke 18:39). It is likely that the crowd was aware that Jesus was going to Jerusalem to present himself as king, and they did not want to be delayed by something as seemingly insignificant as a blind man. But Jesus again indicated by his attention that his kingdom is made up of such people.

Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later.

The tide tarrieth no man.

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

I avoid that bleak first hour of the working day during which my still sluggish senses and body make every chore a penance. I find that in arriving later, the work which I do perform is of a much higher quality.

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

proluctance n. the paradoxical urge to avoid doing something you've been looking forward to-opening a decisive letter, meeting up with a friend who's finally back in town, reading a new book from your favorite author-perpetually waiting around for the right state of mind, stretching out the bliss of anticipation as long as you can.

What can I say? We're slow.

But something that should have been going on had not gone on: something had not happened.

said. "I'm just not ready yet." It would take something other than my daily nagging. So one night, a night I knew would be

If I called her she would pretend not to hear, but would come a few moments later when it could appear that she had thought of doing so first.

Las prisas solían matar

But you've looked forward to this trip for so long." "And now I won't have it to look forward to any longer.

When the judge learned i was sick and unable to come to kourt, he had a fit. He acted like i had gotten sick just to delay the trial.

More haste, less speed.

Many of us have heard opportunity knocking at our door, but by the time we unhooked the chain, pushed back the bolt, turned two locks, and shuts off the burglar alarm - it was gone.

I don't want to have kids for like 10 years. I still have a lot to do. I don't even know if I could handle a dog right now. I'm so not ready. Someday I'll be a mom but not until I'm in my 30s.

When you use the word 'filibuster,' most of us in America - and I count myself among them - envision it as the ability to hold the floor on rare occasions to speak at length and make your point emphatically and even delay progress by taking hours.

After 'Honey' I read the rave reviews and thought I had it made. But it was two-and-a-half years before I was on the screen again.

I have missed meetings because a Speed Post from a government office reached after the meeting. But these are rare blips in a large network.

I never realised 'The Return' would take so long to make - it was a very tough 'political experience,' and the post production in L.A. seemed to go on forever.

I went goodness knows how long without a bath.

People love boxing, but you've gotta wait two or three years for your favorite boxer to have a fight.

I wish I'd got my driving license at 18, not 22. I also wish I had graduated earlier, even though I didn't finish college.