Quotes with speed

  • White people get nervous and speed things up. You don't have to be in a hurry because you ain't got nothing to gain and you ain't got nothin' to lose. And that's where the groove lies.
  • With two people and luggage on board she draws four inches of water. Two canoe paddles will move her along at a speed reasonable enough in moderate currents.

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  • Carl Honore 'In Praise of Slowness' chronicles the global trend towards deceleration that has come to be known as the Slow Movement. Don't worry, though: it is not a Luddite rant. I love speed. Going fast can be fun, liberating and productive. The problem is that our hunger for speed, for cramming more and more into less and less time, has gone too far.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Branch Rickey A game of great charm in the adoption of mathematical measurements to the timing of human movements, the exactitudes and adjustments of physical ability to hazardous chance. The speed of the legs, the dexterity of the body, the grace of the swing, the elusiveness of the slide - these are the features that make Americans everywhere forget the last syllable of a man's last name or the pigmentation of his skin.
    Branch Rickey
    American baseball player (1881 - )
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  • David Ogilvy A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service.
    David Ogilvy
    American businessman, Advertising Expert (1911 - 1999)
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  • Bjarke Ingels All evidence shows that we are actually getting smarter. Roughly we are getting 10 IQ points smarter every decade. The speed of innovation is also faster.
    Bjarke Ingels
    Danish architect and businessman (1974 - )
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  • Bobby Wallace As more speed afoot was constantly demanded for big league ball, I noticed the many infield bounders which the runner beat to first only by the thinnest fractions of a second.
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  • Edward Young Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
    Edward Young
    British poet (1683 - 1765)
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  • Bayard Taylor From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Brad Holland Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It proves that we should be careful what intellectuals wish for, because we might get it.
    Brad Holland
    American basketball player (1956 - )
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  • Cabel Sasser Hiring has been a gradual process. We only hire someone when we really need them. It takes a while to get people up to speed. Our rule of thumb is to only hire when absolutely necessary.
    Sink or Swim, SXSW 2006
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  • B. C. Forbes How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter.
    B. C. Forbes
    American Publisher (1880 - 1954)
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  • Isaac Asimov I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
    Isaac Asimov
    American writer (1920 - 1992)
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  • Bryce Harper I think I play center field better than I do anywhere else. I have enough speed and enough reaction to know where the ball goes off the bat.
    Bryce Harper
    American baseball player (1992 - )
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  • Woody Allen I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Woody Allen I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Lee Iacocca I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
    Lee Iacocca
    American businessman and CEO of Chrysler (1924 - 2019)
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  • Brooks Robinson I've always said when I broke in I was an average player. I had an average arm, average speed and definitely an average bat. I am still average in all of those.
    Brooks Robinson
    American professional baseball player (1937 - )
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  • William E. Gladstone If Germany is to become a colonizing power, all I say is, ''God speed her!'' She becomes our ally and partner in the execution of the great purposes of Providence for the advantage of mankind.
    William E. Gladstone
    British Liberal Prime Minister, Statesman (1809 - 1888)
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  • Carl Honore In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Bill Paxton In our game, it's your vanity that keeps you in shape. I've got a little gym set up, and I ride a single-speed bike up the hills behind my house. Lately I've been kind of a slacker. Usually it's a film role that makes me start getting in shape. Between roles, I try to do a little maintenance, but I'm not a workout fanatic at all.
    Bill Paxton
    American actor and director (1955 - 2017)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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