Put Off

Famous quotes containing the words put off and/or put:

    There are lots of things that you can brush under the carpet about yourself until you’re faced with somebody whose needs won’t be put off.
    Angela Carter (1940–1992)

    But all he did was spread the room
    Of our enacting out the doom
    Of being in each other’s way,
    And so put off the weary day
    When we would have to put our mind
    On how to crowd but still be kind.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.
    Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)

    As a cure for the cold, take your toddy to bed, put one bowler hat at the foot, and drink until you see two.
    Robert Bruce, Sir Lockhart (1886–1970)