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)
“Doctors bury their mistakes. Lawyers hang them. But journalists put theirs on the front page.”
—Anonymous.
“By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage.”
—Ian McEwan (b. 1948)