Quotes About Deferment

There are dangers in this model of succumbing to "committee-itis." If too many people are jointly responsible for the execution of firm business, the chances that implementation will be deferred increase exponentially.

The Vietnam War was causing people to get drafted; I had received a deferment to finish my undergraduate education, and in order to continue to get a deferment, you had to go to graduate school.

Do you understand the rules as I have given them to you?" "Yep," I said. "Yes," said Arianna. "Have you anything else to say?" "Always," I said. "But it can wait.

The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

But I tried to feel I was part of the demonstration; sadly, I didn't feel I was a part of it—I didn't feel I was part of anything. I had a 4-F deferment; I would never have to go to war, or to Canada. By the simple act of removing the first two joints of my right index finger, Owen Meany had enabled me to feel completely detached from my generation.

A patient willingness to defer dividends is a hallmark of individual maturity.