Best 307 quotes in «speed quotes» category

Watching Bo Jackson, seeing his size, his speed, a lot of his abilities, really drove me.

We are all burning in time, but each is consumed at his own speed.

We can neither put back the clock nor slow down our forward speed, and as we are already flying pilotless, on instrument controls, it is even too late to ask where we are going.

We are all time travelers moving at the speed of exactly 60 minutes per hour.

We lament the speed of our society and the lack of depth and the nature of disposable information.

We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.

We've got 21st century technology and speed colliding head-on with 20th and 19th century institutions, rules and cultures.

Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.

We seem to be committing ourselves to an eye wateringly expensive railroad for the few. High speed rail plan is madness.

What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way.

What is of the greatest importance in war is extraordinary speed: One cannot afford to neglect opportunity.

When I find out a hotel doesn't have a DSL, it's like "What? There's no toilet?" Once you get used to high speed you ain't going back

What sets these - and all - racers apart from less daredevilish mortals is their complete lack of fear and their joy of doing something on the edge. They love to speed because it is dangerous.

We are expanding and improving the infrastructure of our relations. You must have heard about China's plans to participate in building a high-speed railway line between Moscow and Kazan in the Volga region, in central Russia. And then we plan to extend it to Kazakhstan and on to China.

When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a jackass, he kicks.

When speed dating I'm seeking my equal or at least one in the making.

Whoa. He had ghouls on speed dial. My lawyer kicks so much ass.

When speed gets in the blood, one must drive to live.

Ye gods! But you're not standing around holding it by the hand all this time. No. [...] [T]he dough takes care of itself. [...] While you cannot speed up the process, you can slow it down at any point by setting the dough in a cooler place [...] then continue where you left off, when you are ready to do so. In other words, you are the boss of that dough.

With a larger wheel, you have more contact with the ground, so you have better traction whether you're braking or cornering or any of that stuff. Also, with bigger wheels, once you get them up to speed, they roll faster.

You don't have to feel bad to act kindly. Love doesn't stand by, it moves with the speed of clarity.

You get a feeling on certain trails, when you're reacting like you and your machine are just one thing. It's the feeling of physical exertion and speed and technique all wrapped into one.

When you're doing a play you get to go full speed ahead, all night, in front of an audience. It's a roller-coaster ride, responding to other actors, it feeds you.

You just have to keep driving down the road. It's going to bend and curve and you'll speed up and slow down, but the road keeps going.

Your body is molecular structure your body is a massive energy at a very high speed of vibration.

You think the speed of your fingers can match the strength of my fists?

You have the 20th century wrapping up and everything is moving at this breakneck speed? And then, painting is still walking. It's just a very human activity that takes time.

A clock that is moving through space at a very fast speed does not tick at the same rate as a slow-moving watch gently attached to your wrist as you stroll on a tropical beach. The idea of a universal time - a godlike clock that could somehow sit outside our universe and measure, in one go, the movement of everything in it, how its evolution unfolds, how old it is and all that - does not exist.

A fast car can make women 'like' a man; and a man 'like' women … fast.

Ajali haina mkanda. Punguza mwendo wa gari lako.

A leader does not reduce his speeds to meet the views of negative thinkers. He leaves them to do their job as he focuses.

Among all the machines, motorcar is my favorite machine.

And as to being quick, why, bless you! That is only a matter of habit; if you get into the habit of being quick, it is just as easy as being slow; easier, I should say; in fact, it don't agree with my health to be hulking about over a job twice as long as it need take. Bless you! I couldn't whistle if I crawled over my work as some folks do!

Asking someone else to drive your sports car is like asking someone else to kiss your girlfriend.

Astray from a deep sleep chronic as I write by phonics, like insomnia I will always live the onyx night for revealing, and, upon it, still I'll steal the bright light of day right away just to keep building at speeds hypersonic.

Because we have a limited time, we cannot go slowly! Ignore anyone who is advising you to go slow! The faster we are the safer we will be in this universe! The salvation of humanity depends on the high speed in all fields and in all matters!

Ce n’est pas par goût de la souffrance que j’use mes semelles mais parce que la lenteur révèle des choses cachées par la vitesse.

Beyond a certain speed, motorized vehicles create remoteness which they alone can shrink. They create distances for all and shrink them for only a few. A new dirt road through the wilderness brings the city within view, but not within reach, of most Brazilian subsistence farmers. The new expressway expands Chicago, but it sucks those who are well-wheeled away from a downtown that decays into a ghetto.

Creativity is when a stupid clever soul gets up from bed and does amazing things that makes the world think he is wise.

Dear killer, spare not they sweet-cruel shot: A kind of grace it is to slay with speed. - From "Astrophel and Stella

Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!

You lose the speed before the stamina.

You loved ferris wheels more than roller coasters because life shouldn’t be lived at full speed, but in anticipation and appreciation.

Does speed dating necessarily end up in a quickie divorce....?

Desire to always be on the right way no matter how tough it gets. A very slow movement on the right way is better than overwhelming speed on the wrong path!

Don’t accept the available as the preferable. Go extra mile with extra speed.

Drugs are a trap and give no real advancement. You could liken drugs to driving to the store for groceries and then saying you just exercised. Yes you felt renewed or even enlightened, but then you have to go home again.

Don’t embrace mediocrity; its main charm is to make you fall in love with failure. Speed off… Excellence awaits you at the end of your journey!

Don't rush in order to have things done early. Be prepared before you set off. That's the rule. However, this does not mean that you keep delaying the time for beginning. You must begin by all means! Go, get prepared!

Dying from an aggressive fatal brain tumor is like dying from Alzheimer's disease accelerated one hundred times.