Famous quotes containing the words put off and/or put:
“While our pulse beats and we feel emotion, let us put off the business. Things will truly seem different to us when we have quieted and cooled down. It is passion that is in command at first, it is passion that speaks, it is not we ourselves.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“Certain branches cut
certain leaves fallen
the grapes
cooked and put up
for winter”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
““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)