Put Off

Famous quotes containing the words put off and/or put:

    They work, and age, and put off men
    By being unattractive, or too shy,
    Or having morals anyhow, none give in:
    Some of them go quite rigid with disgust
    At anything but marriage....
    Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    The very best place to be in all the world is St. Mary’s parish, Jamaica. And the best spot in St. Mary’s is Port Maria, though all of St. Mary’s is fine. Old Maker put himself to a lot of trouble to make that part of the island of Jamaica, for everything there is perfect.
    Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)

    And every acre good enough to eat,
    As fine as flour put through a baker’s sieve.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)