Carl Honore Quotes

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• 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. Slow…
• By slowing down at the right moments, people find that they do everything better: They eat better; they make love better; they exercise better; they…
• 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 slowing…
• My life had become an endless race against the clock. I was always in a hurry, scrambling to save a minute here, a few seconds…
• When it comes to extracurricular activities, many children are getting too much of a good thing.
• We used to dial; now we speed dial. We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we speed walk. And…
• Out of the Slow Food movement has grown something called the Slow Cities movement, which has started in Italy but has spread right across Europe…
• In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while…
• In a world where so much happens through computer screens, making a meal by hand, touching the raw materials, feeling your way through a recipe,…
• Turn the preparing of food into a communal affair by enlisting others to help with the chopping, grating, stirring, simmering, tasting and seasoning. When the…
• Research has shown that time pressure leads to tunnel vision and that people think more creatively when they are calm, unhurried and free from stress…
• 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 how…
• Everywhere, people are discovering that doing things more slowly often means doing them better and enjoying them more. It means living life instead of rushing…
• Aficionados of Slow design and Slow fashion use ethical and green materials to make objects - furniture, clothes, jewellery - that lift the spirit and…
• 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, rather than crammed…
• I guess I went into journalism to save the world. I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.
• To me, Slow parenting is about bringing balance into the home. Children need to strive and struggle and stretch themselves, but that does not mean…
• Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give them less experience…
• Warnings about children being overscheduled, racing from one enriching activity to the next, first surfaced in the early 20th century.
• When moms stayed home, it was easier just to let the kids play around the house. But as women entered the workplace and the extended…

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