" ...the president has a tendency to wait and look before acting,"

Wait! Someone is saying that another person actually examines a situation before acting. Oh, come on! Who does that? That's ridiculous. What if everyone did that? The next thing you know we'd all end up making a bunch of good decisions. Now, how could we possibly live with that?

"Generosity. That was my first mistake."
"Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us."
"Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."