Slowly Quotes

1742 Slowly quotes by 1215 unique authors

Whether it is done quickly or slowly, however splendid the results, the process of writing fiction is inherently, inevitably, indistinguishable from wasting time. — Deborah Eisenberg
Food Throwers: Begun usually by estranged couples, once this victual flinging starts, everyone will do it...Should your dinner party have become an out of control… — J P Donleavy
Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and that travel narrative was the… — Paul Theroux
Though most people love to look at the games of the great attacking masters, some of the most successful players in history have been the… — Yasser Seirawan
For you teach very clearly by your behaviour how slowly and how meagerly our senses proceed in the investigation of ever inexhaustible nature. — Giovanni Battista Beccaria
The more I study Nature, the more I become impressed with ever-increasing force that the contrivances and beautiful adaptations slowly acquired through each part, occasionally… — Charles Darwin
A few years ago I met an old professor at the University of Notre Dame. Looking back on his long life of teaching, he said… — Henri Nouwen
The virtues we acquire, which develop slowly within us, are the invisible links that bind each one of our existences to the others - existences… — Honore de Balzac
I've always believed that a speculative bubble need not lead to a recession, as long as interest rates are cut quickly enough to stimulate alternative… — Paul Krugman
Slowly, but surely, we are moving in the right direction. We're on the right track. The economy is getting stronger — Barack Obama
No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with… — Jean de la Bruyere
The hard truth is carbon pollution has built up in our atmosphere for decades now. And even if we Americans do our part, the planet… — Barack Obama
We can hardly expect the nation-state to make itself superfluous, at least not overnight. Rather what we must aim for is really nothing more than… — Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That would be perfection. But I… — Jackie Robinson
Salvation and justice are not to be found in revolution, but in evolution through concord. Violence has ever achieved only destruction, not construction; the kindling… — Pope Pius XII
Smile, breathe, go slowly. — Nhat Hanh
And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air, Full of spirit's melancholy And eternity's despair; And they heard the words it… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I was not in agreement with the sharp anti-Semitic tone, but from time to time I read arguments which gave me some food for thought.… — Adolf Hitler
That there should be some fire even after this life is not incredible, and it can be inquired into and either be discovered or left… — Saint Augustine
There was a pause - just long enough for an angel to pass, flying slowly. — Ronald Firbank
But the moon came slowly up in all her gentle glory, and the stars looked out, and through the small compass of the grated window,… — Charles Dickens
Suddenly, from behind the rim of the moon, in long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling blue and white jewel, a light,… — Edgar Mitchell
My soul gave me good counsel, teaching me to love. Love was for me a delicate thread stretched between two adjacent pegs, but now it… — Unknown Author
Lente, lente currite, noctis equi. Translation: Run slowly, slowly, horses of the night. — Unknown Author
When you realize the nature of mind, layers of confusion peel away. You don't actually "become" a buddha, you simply cease, slowly, to be deluded.… — Sogyal Rinpoche

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