Quotes with speed

Quotes 41 till 55 of 55.

  • Charles Baudelaire There exist certain individuals who are, by nature, given purely to contemplation and are utterly unsuited to action, and who, nevertheless, under a mysterious and unknown impulse, sometimes act with a speed which they themselves would have thought beyond them.
    Charles Baudelaire
    French poet (1821 - 1867)
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  • Leon Trotsky There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.
    Leon Trotsky
    Russian revolutionary and writer (1879 - 1940)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Carl Honore To help staff recharge and think better, companies are setting aside quiet places to relax, practise yoga or even take a nap. With hi-tech giants such as Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft underlining the pitfalls of being 'always on,' firms are imposing speed limits on the information superhighway.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Robert Frost Two such as you with such a master speed cannot be parted nor be swept away from one another once you are agreed that life is only life forevermore together wing to wing and oar to oar.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Carl Honore We used to dial; now we speed dial. We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we speed walk. And of course, we used to date, and now we speed date. And even things that are by their very nature slow - we try and speed them up, too.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Carl Honore We're so marinated in the culture of speed that we almost fail to notice the toll it takes on every aspect of our lives - on our health, our diet, our work, our relationships, the environment and our community.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Bela Karolyi What makes the vault so spectacular is because it's a very athletic type of event, where it needs a lot of speed, a lot of explosive action and, of course, great coordination.
    Bela Karolyi
    American gymnastics coach (1942 - )
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  • Billy Gibbons 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.
    Billy Gibbons
    American musician, record producer, and actor (1949 - )
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  • C. S. Forester 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.
    C. S. Forester
    English novelist (1899 - 1966)
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  • Bob Taft Yet in this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled labor overseas are an explosive combination.
    Bob Taft
    American politician and attorney (1942 - )
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  • Carl Honore You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • William Ellery Channing Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
    William Ellery Channing
    American Unitarian minister (1780 - 1842)
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  • Thomas Fuller Haste and rashness are storms and tempests, breaking and wrecking business; but nimbleness is a full, fair wind, blowing it with speed to the heaven.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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  • Maya Angelou I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at a commensurate speed.
    Maya Angelou
    African-American poet and writer (1928 - 2014)
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