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Slow Quotes by Pico Iyer
- We travel, in essence, to become young fools again - to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.
- In an age of acceleration, nothing can be more exhilarating than going slow.
- In an age of speed, I began to think nothing could be more exhilarating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel…
- We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about…
More Slow Quotes
- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
- Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to… — Jane Austen
- We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand… — Afrika Bambaataa
- I've always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, you're the… — Eric Bana
- I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow. — Javier Bardem
- It's always been too slow for me. Playing. The pace of things. I'm a fast sprinter. The trouble was, after playing in… — Syd Barrett
- In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of evolution, not revolution. — Bela Bartok
- In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does… — Saint Basil
- Unlike 'real relationships', 'virtual relationships' are easy to enter and to exit. They look smart and clean, feel easy to use, when… — Zygmunt Bauman
- Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both. — Joseph Addison
- I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry. — Robert Benchley
- As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow. — A. C. Benson