--- title: "14 Slow Quotes By Carl Honoré" description: "14 Slow quotes by Carl Honoré. Plus more from Carl Honoré and more Slow sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/carl-honor-10241_approach_i-ve-teamed-up-with-one-of-the-headmaste_1153577.jpg" --- > [I've teamed up with one of the headmasters at Eton College, and we're spearheading a kind of 'slow education movement in Britain'.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/i-ve-teamed-up-with-one-of-the-headmasters-at-eton-college-and-we-re/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/carl-honor-10241_approach_i-ve-teamed-up-with-one-of-the-headmaste_1153577.jpg) > [In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/in-this-media-drenched-multitasking-always-on-age-many-of-us-have/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/carl-honor-10241_age_in-this-media-drenched-multitasking-alwa_197894.png) > [I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say 'no.' The power of slow is the power of no. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/i-could-be-working-300-hours-a-week-i-just-say-no-the-power-of-slow/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed1/carl-honor-10241_go_i-could-be-working-300-hours-a-week-i-ju_901359.png) > [Out of the Slow Food movement has grown something called the Slow Cities movement, which has started in Italy but has spread…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/out-of-the-slow-food-movement-has-grown-something-called-the-slow/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/180/carl-honor-10241_cities_out-of-the-slow-food-movement-has-grown_2399810.png) > [To me, Slow parenting is about bringing balance into the home. Children need to strive and struggle and stretch themselves, but that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/to-me-slow-parenting-is-about-bringing-balance-into-the-home-children/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/964/carl-honor-10241_about_to-me-slow-parenting-is-about-bringing-b_3224507.png) > [The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/the-slow-philosophy-is-not-about-doing-everything-in-tortoise-mode-it/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/carl-honor-10241_about_the-slow-philosophy-is-not-about-doing-e_2021231.png) > [My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/my-first-book-in-praise-of-slowness-examines-how-the-world-got-stuck/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/185/carl-honor-10241_book_my-first-book-in-praise-of-slowness-exam_1521029.jpg) > [The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/the-spark-for-in-praise-of-slowness-came-when-i-began-reading-to-my/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/carl-honor-10241_bedtime_the-spark-for-in-praise-of-slowness-came_1515323.png) > ['In Praise of Slowness' chronicles the global trend towards deceleration that has come to be known as the Slow Movement. Don't worry,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/in-praise-of-slowness-chronicles-the-global-trend-towards/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/carl-honor-10241_come_in-praise-of-slowness-chronicles-the-glo_2343753.png) > [“Now is the moment to define our terms. In this book, Fast and Slow do more than just describe a rate of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/now-is-the-moment-to-define-our-terms-in-this-book-fast-and-slow-do/) [Carl Honoré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/carl-honor-10241_books_now-is-the-moment-to-define-our-terms-in_3096383.png) > [I never wanted to be a public figure. I feel that I always have to dampen down people's expectations. They expect me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/i-never-wanted-to-be-a-public-figure-i-feel-that-i-always-have-to/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/carl-honor-10241_dust_i-never-wanted-to-be-a-public-figure-i-f_3234570.png) > [Aficionados of Slow design and Slow fashion use ethical and green materials to make objects - furniture, clothes, jewellery - that lift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/aficionados-of-slow-design-and-slow-fashion-use-ethical-and-green/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e6/carl-honor-10241_clothes_aficionados-of-slow-design-and-slow-fash_1749332.png) > [We used to dial; now we speed dial. We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/we-used-to-dial-now-we-speed-dial-we-used-to-read-now-we-speed-read/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/carl-honor-10241_books_we-used-to-dial-now-we-speed-dial-we-use_2002894.png) > [You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/you-may-have-heard-of-the-slow-movement-which-challenges-the-canard/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/carl-honor-10241_always_you-may-have-heard-of-the-slow-movement_1005697.png) ## Other authors on Slow ## More by Carl Honoré > [“Speed can give you a great feeling of excitement, and there is a place for that in life and in music," says Kliemt. "But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/speed-can-give-you-a-great-feeling-of-excitement-and-there-is-a-place/) [Carl Honoré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) > [I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/i-always-felt-through-writing-that-i-wanted-to-rotate-the-world/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) > [In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/in-this-media-drenched-multitasking-always-on-age-many-of-us-have/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) > [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 on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/whether-it-s-mending-a-failing-company-fighting-corruption-tackling/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) > [Warnings about children being overscheduled, racing from one enriching activity to the next, first surfaced in the early 20th century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/warnings-about-children-being-overscheduled-racing-from-one-enriching/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) > [Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give them less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/smaller-families-mean-we-have-more-time-and-money-to-lavish-on-each/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) > [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 distractions, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/in-this-media-drenched-data-rich-channel-surfing-computer-gaming-age/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) > [“While the rest of the world roars on, a large and growing minority is choosing not to do everything at full-throttle. In every human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/while-the-rest-of-the-world-roars-on-a-large-and-growing-minority-is/) [Carl Honoré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) > [I love all this stuff. I look at all the gadgets that come out and I think, ‘Oh, this fix works for me. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/i-love-all-this-stuff-i-look-at-all-the-gadgets-that-come-out-and-i/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) > [Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's a journey.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/slow-parents-understand-that-childrearing-should-not-be-a-cross/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) > [This is where our obsession with going fast and saving time leads. To road rage, air rage, shopping rage, relationship rage, office rage, vacation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/this-is-where-our-obsession-with-going-fast-and-saving-time-leads-to/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) > [Many kids, particularly in lower-income families, would actually benefit from more structured activities. Plenty of children, especially teenagers, thrive on a busy schedule. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/many-kids-particularly-in-lower-income-families-would-actually/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) > [“Much has already been destroyed. We have forgotten how to look forward to things, and how to enjoy the moment when they arrive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/much-has-already-been-destroyed-we-have-forgotten-how-to-look-forward/) [Carl Honoré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) > [“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 anything,” what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/when-people-moan-oh-i-m-so-busy-i-m-run-off-my-feet-my-life-is-a-blur/) [Carl Honoré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) > [I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say 'no.' The power of slow is the power of no. I can't go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/i-could-be-working-300-hours-a-week-i-just-say-no-the-power-of-slow/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/slow/carl-honor/#itemlist", "name": "14 Slow Quotes By Carl Honoré", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've teamed up with one of the headmasters at Eton College, and we're spearheading a kind of 'slow education movement in Britain'. 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