Famous quotes containing the words put off and/or put:
“We will not be put off the final goal
We have it hidden in us to attain,
Not though we have to seize the earth by the pole
And, tired of aimless circling in one place,
Steer straight off after something into space.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
““Don’t touch me, please I say, don’t touch me, please.
I’ll not be put to bed by you, my man.”
“Just as you say. Have it your own way, then.
‘My man is it?’ You talk like a professor....””
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“A lunatic may be “soothed,”... for a time, but in the end, he is very apt to become obstreperous. His cunning, too, is proverbial, and great.... When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)