Quotes About Delay

Time goes by slowly when you spend it waiting.

A procrastinator is a thief of his or her own time.

The worst part was waiting around. Sometimes you are ready at 9 a.m. and you dont start until the afternoon. Occupying your time while you wait is the hardest part of the movie.

Bureaucracy is more people doing less things, and taking more time to do them worse.

They say revenge is a dish best eaten cold, but for most people, by the time it's ready to eat, they just don't fancy it any more.

I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.

It can take a surprisingly long time to get from one part of my mind to another.

Procrastination-thou wretched thief of time and opportunity!

Time didn't pass; it tailgated.

If every cigarette you smoke takes seven minutes off of your life, every game of Dungeons & Dragons you play delays the loss of your virginity by seven hours.

Si cada cigarro que fumas te quita siete minutos de tu vida, cada juego de Dungeons & Dragons que juegas retrasa la pérdida de tu virginidad siete horas.

I cannot wait an eternity for happiness.

I looked like I wasn't at a cocktail party but an airport, waiting for my life to take off. Infinitely delayed.

Take all the time you need.

Fu tentato di iniziare un altro dei regali di Natale ancora non letti. Ma bisognava lasciare che l'atmosfera di un libro si diradasse, prima di buttarsi nel prossimo [...]

Put it off for a bit. All life is putting off. Well, not entirely.

He delayed entry for a brief period, pressing the edge of the door against his head, the other side of which touched the wall: rigid, as if imprisoned in a cruel trap specially designed to catch him and his like: some ingenious snare, savage in mechanism, though at the same time calculated to preserve from injury the skin of such rare creatures.

One belief that I've developed to carry me through extremely tough times is simply this: God's delays are not God's denials.

Of course, sitting tight is a challenge for this generation! As a society, we're wired for instant rewards, and waiting for the assets in our Security Bucket to increase in value can initially feel like watching grass grow. And that's why we get tempted into putting too much of our money into the next bucket, Risk/Growth.

Anything worth having is worth waiting for. Love, Marilyn.

She had her house in London, her town society, and her father. And, inasmuch as the change for her would be much greater than it would be for him, it was natural that she should require some small delay.

The case dragged itself on slowly, and little Anna Murray was a child of nine years old when at last the Earl was acquitted of the criminal charge which had been brought against him. During all this time he had been absent. Even had there been a wish to bring him personally into court, the law

Patience, my friend, patience! You will find in time that it has everything to do with it.

Punishment has been slow in coming, but it has overtaken you at last.