Slow Quotes

2145 Slow quotes by 1557 unique authors

I suddenly feel a vague pity for all those writers who have to ply their trade from sleepy American suburbs, writing divorce scenes symbolized by… — Teju Cole
We slow the progress of science today for all sorts of ethical reasons. Biomedicine could advance much faster if we abolished our rules on human… — Paul Nitze
Who's straight? I'm not. I am bent gouged pinched and tugged at, and squeezed into this funny shape. Each life is a game of chess… — Martin Amis
Trolls are slow in the uptake, and mighty suspicious about anything new to them. — J.R.R. Tolkien
We travel, initially, to lose ourselves, and we travel, next, to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes. And we travel, in… — Ray Bradbury
It's kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL — Wayne Gretzky
The art of reading is the art of adopting the pace the author has set. Some books are fast and some are slow, but no… — Mark Van Doren
We conclude that the concentration of wealth is natural and inevitable, and is periodically alleviated by violent or peaceable partial redistribution. In this view all… — Will Durant
Philosophy is overwhelmingly complicated, its procedure depressingly slow. — Max Horkheimer
I was not able to stop or slow down the Vietnam War. — Mike Mansfield
Men educated in [the critical habit of thought]are slow to believe. They can hold things as possible or probable in all degrees, without certainty and… — William Graham Sumner
Even the favorite reviews, the audience response is the movie is too slow, deliberately slow. But for the Chinese audience, the biggest complaint is it… — Ang Lee
O poor, unthinking human heart! Error will not go away, logic and reason are slow to penetrate.We cling with both arms to false hope, refusing… — Rabindranath Tagore
I recommend the art of slow reading. — Amos Oz
While we see the Course of the final abolition of human Slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all… — Robert E. Lee
Being from North Carolina, it's kind of slow-paced. There's not too much going on there, whereas in New Orleans, there's always something going on. I… — Chris Paul
How slow life is, how violent hope is. — Guillaume Apollinaire
This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear, slow as the… — William Shakespeare
You can actually suffer a little bit more going slowly than when you're going really fast. A faster marathon might even be easier than a… — Frank Shorter
That's what running does to lives. It's not just exercise. It's not just achievement. It's a daily discipline that has nothing to do with speed,… — Martin Dugard
We must remember to teach our children that even if others fail to be kind and considerate, we ought to be slow to condemn and… — Theodore M. Burton
I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days. — Kevin Costner
When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don't advance and live… — John F. Kerry
Balancing our energy portfolio is a real chance to reduce energy bills, revitalize rural America, slow global warming and strengthen our energy security. — Tom Udall
If you had to explain America's economic success with one word, that word would be "education".... Until now, the results of educational neglect have been… — Paul Krugman

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