Famous quotes containing the words put off and/or put:
“Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort. Do not talk to him about the interests and rights of the human race; that little private business of his for the moment absorbs all his thoughts, and he hopes that public disturbances can be put off to some other time.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (18051859)
“Yes, I know.
Death sits with his key in my lock.
Not one day is taken for granted.
Even nursery rhymes have put me in hock.”
—Anne Sexton (19281974)
“When youre crowned Miss America, they put you up on a pedestal. People really look up to you and they think youre perfect. They think that you have everything that youve ever wanted or dreamed about in life.”
—Kaye Lani Rae Rafko (b. c. 1968)