Soon is not as good as now.
This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.
My father taught me that a bill is like a crying baby and has to be attended to at once.
Soon equates to good, later to worse, Uagen Zlepe, scholar. Therefore, immediacy.
Do it. Do it right. Do it right now.
I think it is very important that I should have a talk with you as soon as possible on a highly secret matter. I mentioned it to you shortly after you took office but have not urged it since on account of the pressure you have been under.
Always be available to your kids. Because if you say, 'Give me five minutes, give me ten minutes,' it'll be 15, it'll be 20. And then when you get there, the shine will have worn off whatever it is they wanted to share with you.
I support such a review, ... But the reality is that we don't need the results of a strategic study to know that there are some pressing problems in our military that demand our attention and our assistance now.
We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these.
I'm not ... pumped about being alive. But I don't think about suicide ever. I have a kid. I think that's just an automatic shut-off of that idea. In fact, I just instantly went into the necessities of parenting, and I think it's been very good for grief. Because it's a reality check, I guess. I have very real tasks that need immediate attention all the time.
The notion that Anna would want something done "now" and not "shortly" is accurate.
I need you. Right now. Let me love you right here, please.
People feel personally slighted if you don't respond to them in 30 seconds and treat email as instant messenger.
There are some things that you can work on immediately.
Whenever you have a minute I'd like to see you right now.