John Byng Quotes

There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.

The troops are at war, but the Pentagon is not.

Delay is not our friend. Delay is our enemy.

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.

We have not the time to take our time.

You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.

I want to say so much more than I have time for.

There's time enough, but none to spare.

It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.

Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.

I don't think we have any time to waste.

I don't want it good. I want it Tuesday.

I don’t believe in an answering questions that have not become relevant yet.

I have picked up this vibe that...you’re going to have this massive strike with massed weapons, and basically that’s going to be it, and we just clean up the battlefield after that.

Don't be so foolish as to ask for more time: calamities will not wait.

I need time, but as soon as possible, we are going to try to create team spirit. That is the most important thing. After that, you can create tactics, but we have to create something special with ourselves.

The interruption we now impatiently put off may be the most important thing we could be doing at this particular time?

Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all

Present wars impoverish the lords that win as much as those that lose.

Why couldn't it have been done 2 years ago, and why will 2 years in the future be too late?

The future started yesterday, and we're already late.

It must be important or he wouldn't dare disturb me now,” he muttered. Then he drew away to look at me. “If it's not, I'll kill him and return to you directly.