--- title: "13 Things Slowly Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Things Slowly quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Things Slowly sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/daniel-day-lewis-3575_cook_i-like-to-cook-things-very-slowly-320570_3205704.jpg" --- > [I like to cook things very slowly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-day-lewis/i-like-to-cook-things-very-slowly/) [Daniel Day-Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-day-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/daniel-day-lewis-3575_cook_i-like-to-cook-things-very-slowly-320570_3205704.jpg) > [Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-du-pont/things-move-very-slowly-in-politics-we-seem-to-fight-the-same-wars/) [Pete du Pont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-du-pont/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d1/pete-du-pont-23985_fighting_things-move-very-slowly-in-politics-we-s_883823.png) > [Everyone has a different life story. Things happen rapidly for someone, and things move slowly for others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barun-sobti/everyone-has-a-different-life-story-things-happen-rapidly-for-someone/) [Barun Sobti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barun-sobti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5b/barun-sobti-6196_different-life_everyone-has-a-different-life-story-thin_1349487.jpg) > [I'm just getting used to all the interviews and promo things, I'm slowly learning. It's very strange.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-parks/i-m-just-getting-used-to-all-the-interviews-and-promo-things-i-m/) [Alex Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/alex-parks-52595_getting-used_i-m-just-getting-used-to-all-the-intervi_1042891.jpg) > [We are impatient, anxious to see the whole picture, but God lets us see things slowly, quietly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/we-are-impatient-anxious-to-see-the-whole-picture-but-god-lets-us-see-2/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/pope-francis-85_anxious_we-are-impatient-anxious-to-see-the-whol_2904215.png) > [“I’ve been trying to take things slowly because I didn’t want to scare you with the intensity of how I feel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-reus/i-ve-been-trying-to-take-things-slowly-because-i-didn-t-want-to-scare/) [Katie Reus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-reus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/katie-reus-7772_danger_i-ve-been-trying-to-take-things-slowly-b_1035264.jpg) > [Never be discouraged because good things get on so slowly here; and never fail daily to do that good which lies next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/never-be-discouraged-because-good-things-get-on-so-slowly-here-and/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/george-macdonald-295_discouraged_never-be-discouraged-because-good-things_3088427.png) > [Take things slowly. No need to worry about it. Plenty of people moved things and couldn't remember they'd done it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesley-howarth/take-things-slowly-no-need-to-worry-about-it-plenty-of-people-moved/) [Lesley Howarth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lesley-howarth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/lesley-howarth-34196_done_take-things-slowly-no-need-to-worry-abou_373008.png) > [Everywhere, people are discovering that doing things more slowly often means doing them better and enjoying them more. It means living life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/everywhere-people-are-discovering-that-doing-things-more-slowly-often/) [Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/523/carl-honor-10241_discovering_everywhere-people-are-discovering-that-d_2018062.png) > [What worries me is that conservative thought is moving quickly, but we're kind of the pachyderms in Congress because things move so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kingston/what-worries-me-is-that-conservative-thought-is-moving-quickly-but-we/) [Jack Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kingston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/jack-kingston-13609_conservative_what-worries-me-is-that-conservative-tho_2198324.png) > [ “We are impatient, anxious to see the whole picture, but God lets us see things slowly, quietly. The Church \[has\] to learn… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-christopher-smith/we-are-impatient-anxious-to-see-the-whole-picture-but-god-lets-us-see/) [C. Christopher Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-christopher-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db1/c-christopher-smith-40090_impatient_we-are-impatient-anxious-to-see-the-whol_707394.jpg) > [“But once you cross the Shannon - even though geographically you have only come a short distance - different rules of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-mccarthy/but-once-you-cross-the-shannon-even-though-geographically-you-have/) [Pete McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6c/pete-mccarthy-39860_happiness_but-once-you-cross-the-shannon-even-thou_1426582.jpg) > [I really like to take the time to build things slowly and surely - to get more grounded. But it never felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haider-ackermann/i-really-like-to-take-the-time-to-build-things-slowly-and-surely-to/) [Haider Ackermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haider-ackermann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/haider-ackermann-41844_fantastic_i-really-like-to-take-the-time-to-build_357473.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/things-slowly/#itemlist", "name": "Things Slowly Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like to cook things very slowly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Day-Lewis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-day-lewis/i-like-to-cook-things-very-slowly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/daniel-day-lewis-3575_cook_i-like-to-cook-things-very-slowly-320570_3205704.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/daniel-day-lewis-3575_cook_i-like-to-cook-things-very-slowly-320570_3205704.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/daniel-day-lewis-3575_cook_i-like-to-cook-things-very-slowly-320570_3205704.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like to cook things very slowly.” — Daniel Day-Lewis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Things move very slowly in politics. 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