Warnings about children being overscheduled, racing from one enriching activity to the next, first surfaced in the early 20th century. — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
We've got 942 friends on Facebook, but when was the last time we spent an afternoon sitting in High Park with one… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
I guess I went into journalism to save the world. I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
The time has come to challenge our obsession with doing everything more quickly. — Carl Honore Challenges Copy Share Image
“Urban life itself acts as a giant particle accelerator. When people move to the city, they start to do everything faster.” — Carl Honoré Life Copy Share Image
I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly. — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Technology enables us to work every minute of every day from any place on the planet. — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
When it comes to extracurricular activities, many children are getting too much of a good thing. — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
By slowing down at the right moments, people find that they do everything better: They eat better; they make love better; they… — Carl Honore Exercise Copy Share Image
The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
“The clock is the operating system of modern capitalism, the thing that makes everything else possible - meetings, deadlines, contracts, manufacturing processes,… — Carl Honoré Capitalism Copy Share Image
This is where our obsession with going fast and saving time leads. To road rage, air rage, shopping rage, relationship rage, office… — Carl Honore Age Copy Share Image
The great benefit of slowing down is reclaiming the time and tranquility to make meaningful connections--with people, with culture, with work, with… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
We used to dial; now we speed dial. We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we… — Carl Honore Books Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a public figure. I feel that I always have to dampen down people's expectations. They expect me… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Aficionados of Slow design and Slow fashion use ethical and green materials to make objects - furniture, clothes, jewellery - that lift… — Carl Honore Clothes Copy Share Image
Many kids, particularly in lower-income families, would actually benefit from more structured activities. Plenty of children, especially teenagers, thrive on a busy… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting… — Carl Honore Book Copy Share Image
To help staff recharge and think better, companies are setting aside quiet places to relax, practise yoga or even take a nap.… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their… — Carl Honore Bedtime Copy Share Image
You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down… — Carl Honore Art Copy Share Image
Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot,… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
My life had become an endless race against the clock. I was always in a hurry, scrambling to save a minute here,… — Carl Honore Bedtime Copy Share Image
“Much has already been destroyed. We have forgotten how to look forward to things, and how to enjoy the moment when they… — Carl Honoré Copy Share Image
Much better to do fewer things and have time to make the most of them. — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Fast isn't turning us into Masters of the Universe, It's turning us into Cheech and Chong. — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
“Slower, it turns out, often means better - better health, better work, better business, better family life, better exercise, better cuisine and… — Carl Honoré Business Copy Share Image
We're so marinated in the culture of speed that we almost fail to notice the toll it takes on every aspect of… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Everywhere, people are discovering that doing things more slowly often means doing them better and enjoying them more. It means living life… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Spending more time with friends and family costs nothing. Nor does walking, cooking, meditating, making love, reading or eating dinner at the… — Carl Honore Cooking Copy Share Image
There is so much to be gained from investing more time in what we eat. Buying fresh ingredients means knowing where your… — Carl Honore Buying Copy Share Image
“When people moan, “Oh, I’m so busy, I’m run off my feet, my life is a blur, I haven’t got time for… — Carl Honoré Copy Share Image
Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's… — Carl Honore Attention Copy Share Image
I've teamed up with one of the headmasters at Eton College, and we're spearheading a kind of 'slow education movement in Britain'.… — Carl Honore Approach Copy Share Image
In a world where so much happens through computer screens, making a meal by hand, touching the raw materials, feeling your way… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give… — Carl Honore Anxious Copy Share Image
In this media-drenched, data-rich, channel-surfing, computer-gaming age, we have lost the art of doing nothing, of shutting out the background noise and… — Carl Honore Age Copy Share Image
Whether it's mending a failing company, fighting corruption, tackling disease, or rebuilding a marriage, the hardest problems defy just-add-water remedies. Indeed, slapping… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
