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 youre faced with somebody whose needs wont be put off.”
—Angela Carter (19401992)
“New York state sentence for a Peeping Tom is six months in the workhouse. And they got no windows in the workhouse. You know, in the old days they used to put your eyes out with a red-hot poker.”
—John Michael Hayes (b. 1919)
“and youll bargain with the calendar
and at the last moment
when death opens the back door
youll put on your carpet slippers
and stride out.”
—Anne Sexton (19281974)