“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
The time has come to challenge our obsession with doing everything more quickly. — Carl Honore Challenges Copy Share Image
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
Fast isn't turning us into Masters of the Universe, It's turning us into Cheech and Chong. — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
Much better to do fewer things and have time to make the most of them. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“Although moderate levels of time pressure don’t harm creativity,” says Amabile, “extreme time pressure can stifle creativity, because people can’t deeply engage… — Carl Honoré Creativity Copy Share Image
“Now is the moment to define our terms. In this book, Fast and Slow do more than just describe a rate of… — Carl Honoré Books Copy Share Image
Our obsession with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute, means that we race through life instead of actually living… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
We know that no algorithm can solve global poverty; no pill can cure a chronic illness; no box of chocolates can mend… — Carl Honore Algorithm Copy Share Image
“The best thing about knitting is its slowness," says Murphy. "It is so slow that we see the beauty inherent in every… — Carl Honoré Beauty 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
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
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
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
“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
“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
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
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
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
“Speed can give you a great feeling of excitement, and there is a place for that in life and in music," says… — Carl Honoré Copy Share Image
To me, Slow parenting is about bringing balance into the home. Children need to strive and struggle and stretch themselves, but that… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
“The whole struggle of life is to some extent a struggle about how slowly or how quickly to do each thing. —STEN… — Carl Honoré Adversity Copy Share Image
Sometimes it takes a wake-up call, doesn't it, to alert us to the fact that we're hurrying through our lives instead of… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
I'm not a Luddite at all. I love all this stuff. I look at all the gadgets that come out and I… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
