“A rigne is messu don gais. The worst of wisdom is its slowness.” — Senkriathra Fithail Copy Share Image
The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal. — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going… — Alain Prost Copy Share Image
If you want to please the critics, don't play too loud, too soft, too fast, too slow. — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
At the touch of mankind, things wear away with heartbreaking slowness. — Henri Barbusse Copy Share Image
Look at these humans! How could such glacial slowness even be called life? An age could pass, virtual empires rise and fall… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
“Man always behave like a snail on the railway! He thinks he has infinite time and moves accordingly, with the speed of… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
We, in our Province, are beginning to realize and appreciate that our slowness in keeping up with our North American neighbours may… — Alex Campbell Copy Share Image
The quest for slowness, which begins as a simple rebellion against the impoverishment of taste in our lives, makes it possible to… — Carlo Petrini Copy Share Image
There's a kind of slowness and inefficiency about rendering text in paint. We're in a world that's very fast, so things that… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
No," I said finally. "Slowness in Answering," she said into the handheld. "When's the last time you slept?" "1940" I said promptly,… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
“Half the ingratitude and complacency in the world down to how slowly and imperceptibly most good and bad things unfold.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I will never, most likely, be good at the piano, but thanks to it, I will never forget the humbling, infuriating, necessary… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for… — Franz Boas Copy Share Image
Spiritual growth is more than procedure, it’s a wild search for God in the midst of the tangled jungle of our souls,… — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
'In Praise of Slowness' chronicles the global trend towards deceleration that has come to be known as the Slow Movement. Don't worry,… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
“I swear if Washington moved any slower, we could be at war and it would all be over before they could even… — Ray Palla Copy Share Image
A criminal trial is like a Russian novel: it starts with exasperating slowness as the characters are introduced to a jury, then… — Clifford Irving Copy Share Image
“While the rest of the world roars on, a large and growing minority is choosing not to do everything at full-throttle. In… — Carl Honoré Copy Share Image
“Why has the pleasure of slowness disappeared? Ah, where have they gone, the amblers of yesteryear? Where have they gone, those loafing… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The man hunched over his motorcycle can focus only on the present... he is caught in a fragment of time cut off… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“I was being cured of soldiering on endlessly: my job was now to be still, which had become almost easy at last.” — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I found it was remarkable. It was so evocative. I feel like it captured the urgency and the chaos, but through the… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
“(existential mathematics...) the degree of slowness is directly proportional to the intensity of memory; the degree of speed is directly proportional to… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Whatever the Way, the master of strategy does not appear fast….Of course, slowness is bad. Really skillful people never get out of… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
what I love is slowness. Slow people, slow reading, slow traveling, slow eggs, and slow love. Everything good comes slow. — Lynne Sharon Schwartz Copy Share Image
Every one of the great revolutionists, from Isaiah to Shelley, have been optimists. They have been indignant, not about the badness of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The Dark Dark is a far slower project, clearly, and that's a relief. I look for slowness anywhere I can find it. — Samantha Hunt Copy Share Image
“Slowness seems to be a key element in living a rich life. I don't mean rich in the sense of money. I… — Melanie Gideon Copy Share Image
I have seen slower people than I am and more deliberate... and even quieter, and more listless, and lazier people than I… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
We are living in the World of Snails! Man is extremely slow! Whoever has a limited life, he has no right to… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Let us be ashamed of our slowness in thanking God when He gives, and of our quickness in grumbling at Him when… — Nikolaj Velimirovic Copy Share Image
What nature does blindly, slowly and ruthlessly, man may do providently, quickly, and kindly. As it lies within his power, so it… — Francis Galton 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
All novelists must form their personal pacts in some way with the slowness of their craft. There are some who demand of… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
The telephone is a great knee-jerk machine, but if you really want to tell someone how you feel, you need the slowness… — Nick Bantock 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 Copy Share Image
Today, luxury resides in everything that is becoming rare: communion with nature, silence, meditation, slowness rediscovered, the pleasure of living out of… — Pascal Bruckner Copy Share Image
