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«In the best of times, our days are numbered anyway. So it would be a crime against nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly, that it put off enjoying those things for which we were designed in the 1st place: the opportunity to do good work, to enjoy friends, to fall in love, to hit a ball, and to bounce a baby.»
«Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.»
«If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired.»
Author: Leo Durocher (Baseball Player) | About: Winning | Keywords: fired, put off
«Always put off until tomorrow what you shouldn't do at all.»
Author: Morris Mandel | Keywords: put off
«If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.»
«But ye have not so learned Christ; / If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: / That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; / And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; / And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: holiness, New Man, put off, The old man
«But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.»
«Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today.»
Author: Josh Billings (Humorist) | Keywords: enjoyed, put off
«Do not put off till tomorrow what can be put off till day-after-tomorrow just as well»
«It is my will; the which if thou respect,Show a fair presence and put off these frowns.»