J K Gailbraith - Graham Greene - John Dryden - Thomas Jefferson - William Shakespeare - C Northcote Parkinson - Miguel de Cervantes - Thomas Paine - Aeschylus -
A wrong decision isn’t forever; it can always be reversed. The losses from a delayed decision are forever; they can never be retrieved. J K Gailbraith, A Life in our Times, 1981
He gave her a bright fake smile; so much of life was a putting-off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing was ever lost by delay. Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter, 1948
All delays are dangerous in war. John Dryden, Tyrannic Love
Delay is preferable to error. Thomas Jefferson
Dull not device by coldness and delay. William Shakespeare, Othello II iii 378, Iago
Delay is the deadliest form of denial. C Northcote Parkinson
Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. Miguel de Cervantes
The greatest remedy for anger is delay. Thomas Paine
There is no avoidance in delay. Aeschylus, Agamemnon