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Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends. -- William Shakespeare
Defer not charities till death; for certainly, if a man weigh it rightly, he that doth so is rather liberal of another man's than of his own. -- Francis Bacon
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's Sun to thee may never rise; Or should to-morrow chance to cheer thy sight With her enlivening and unlook'd for light, How grateful will appear her dawning rays! As favours unexpected doubly please. -- William Congreve
I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire. -- Charles Olson
Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker. -- Mikhail Bakunin
I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous. -- Billy Crudup
Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs. -- David Low
If you're talking about nuclear physics, I have to defer to the next guy. But if you're talking about football, I don't have to take a back seat to anyone. -- Joe Greene
My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority before carrying out the use of violence. -- Noam Chomsky
Accelerated depreciation helps companies bring forward capital-intensive investments by reducing payback time. It's not a hand out. Companies still have to pay the tax, but they simply get to defer it. -- Anthony Pratt
I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion. -- Mia Hamm
Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die. -- Xun Zi
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I would give relief from the first $10,000 of the payroll tax. I would allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation so they would have an incentive to buy now rather than defer. I would also give to the states $40 billion of relief. -- Bob Graham
From the Left comes the proposition that, given the slow economy, we should defer attending to the problem of mounting obligations - and the truly delusional idea that growing federal debt doesn't matter because we owe most of it to ourselves. -- Steven Rattner
Those people behind the mosque have to respect, have to appreciate and have to defer to the people of New York. The wound is still there. Just because the wound is healing you can't say, 'Let's just go back to where we were pre-9/11. -- Al-Waleed bin Talal
I feel I should defer to the writers and the directors because they're the ones who have the complete vision. They see things through from the beginning to the end. I'm responsible for one small part, so my scope is much more limited than theirs. -- Shoshannah Stern
I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. -- Stephen Grellet
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself. -- James E. Faust
we defer therefore till this time twelve month to avail ourselves of the instruction of that place, and particularly of your kindness in the two branches of Botany and Natural history to which we wish him particularly to apply. -- Thomas Jefferson
Be wise to-day; 't is madness to defer. -- Edward Young
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain. -- George Herbert
We can defer, yet time is most certainly not. -- Benjamin Franklin
If I defer the grief I will diminish the gift. -- Eavan Boland
We cannot defer this responsibility to posterity. Time will not wait. -- Walter Cronkite
You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position. -- Mike Krzyzewski
A patient willingness to defer dividends is a hallmark of individual maturity. -- Neal A. Maxwell
The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ... -- Leon M. Lederman
If virtue holds the secret, don't defer; Be off with pleasure, and be on with her. -- Horace
Whatever things injure your eye you are anxious to remove; but things which affect your mind you defer. -- Horace
Many times we are tempted to defer to the documents we create, rather than the direct experiences we have. -- John Paul Caponigro
The people believed that while the courts would be independent, they would defer to the political branches on policy issues. -- Sam Brownback
I will no longer confer, differ, refer, defer, prefer, or suffer. I renounce the whole tribe of fero. I embrace absolute life. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer. Next day the fatal precedent will plead; thus on, til wisdom is pushed our of life. -- Edward Young
If you're unwilling to defer pleasure or endure some "pain" for now, are you likely to end up later deep in the hole? -- Price Pritchett
If you defer investing your time and energy until you see that you need to, chances are it will already be too late. -- Clayton Christensen
Learn to see - accustoming the eye to calm, to patience, to letting-things-come-to-it; learning to defer judgment, to encircle and encompass the question on all sides. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Ask yourself, "When does this decision have to be taken?" and having answered it, defer the decision until then, in order to give yourself maximum pondering time. -- John Cleese
If you don't have an idea, you can defer to someone else. It's like having a baby with someone - it's not a clone of you, but it's partly you. -- D.A. Wallach
I am a member of the team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion. -- Mia Hamm
Though the Holy Spirit is God, equal in essence to the Father and the Son, yet his role is consistently to defer honor, to seek to bring about the glory of another. -- Bruce A. Ware
Fearlessness is an accounting trick. You feel the fear; you just defer it. I could stand on the cliff immobile, feeling terrified, or I could leap and feel the terror while falling. -- Elizabeth McCracken
We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine, but if defer tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age. -- Charles Caleb Colton
We have to respect that any nominee to the Supreme Court would have to defer any comments on any matters, which are either before the court or very likely to be before the court. -- Edward Kennedy

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