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Quotes About Delay

O God, make me good, but not yet.
~ Evelyn Waugh
I could be patient. I could. If they'd hurry up.
~ Faith Hunter
Not quite so fast, sir, if you please,' she said
~ Faith Martin
Wisdom too often never comes, so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.
~ Felix Frankfurter
he would take someone else? If she waited
~ Fern Michaels
I was a VIP, a Very Iranian Person, and things just take longer for us.
~ Firoozeh Dumas
offensive were made later
~ Fitzhugh Lee
Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
~ Francois Rabelais
I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done.
~ Bob Blaisdell
Procrastination is a prelude in a minor key.
~ Boris Vian
So it's been a slow process and it's taken some patience. That's why patients are called patients I think - patience is required.
~ Bowie Kuhn
IBM veteran and computer science professor Frederick Brooks argued that adding manpower to complex software projects actually delayed progress.
~ Brad Stone
They used an old internal Microsoft term to describe it: "cookie licking," or the act of claiming to do something before you actually do it, in order to capture notoriety and prevent others from following.
~ Brad Stone
What should she say? Nothing. Not right now anyway. Think it through. Time was a-wasting.
~ Harlan Coben
After ten forevers Dr. Reynolds returned.
~ Harper Lee
For a while is a phrase whose length can't be measured.At least by the person who's waiting.
~ Haruki Murakami
The right words always seemed to come too late.
~ Haruki Murakami
The world is full of ways and means to waste time.
~ Haruki Murakami
A girl doesn't always want to go out, you know, Mr. Wind-Up Bird. Sometimes she feels like being nasty--like, if the guy's gonna wait, let him really wait.
~ Haruki Murakami
Spending plenty of time on something can be the most sophisticated form of revenge.
~ Haruki Murakami
I may not look it, but I can be a very patient guy. And killing time is one of my specialities.
~ Haruki Murakami
He placed this doubt inside a drawer in his mind labeled "Pending" and postponed any further consideration.
~ Haruki Murakami
Por algún motivo, las palabras adecuadas siempre llegan demasiado tarde.
~ Haruki Murakami
Needless to say, it takes quite a bit of time, plus effort, to go through each stage, step by step, and arrive at a conclusion. Sometimes it takes too long, and by the time I'm convinced, it's already too late. But what're you going to do? That's the kind of person I am.
~ Haruki Murakami