Famous quotes containing the words put off and/or put:
“Latin America is very fond of the word hope. We like to be called the continent of hope. Candidates for deputy, senator, president, call themselves candidates of hope. This hope is really something like a promise of heaven, an IOU whose payment is always being put off. It is put off until the next legislative campaign, until next year, until the next century.”
—Pablo Neruda (19041973)
“Lest I should be old-fashioned,
Ill put a trinket on.”
—Emily Dickinson (18301886)
“To-night he noticed how the womens eyes
Passed from him to the strong men that were whole.
How cold and late it is! Why dont they come
And put him into bed? Why dont they come?”
—Wilfred Owen (18931918)