Slowness Quotes

39 quotes by 35 authors

Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but… — Franz Boas
The slowness of one section of the world about adopting the valuable ideas of another section of it is a curious thing and unaccountable. — Mark Twain
In the conduct of almost every affair slowness and procrastination are hateful — Marcus Tullius Cicero
There is a secret bond between slowness and memory, between speed and forgetting. — Milan Kundera
Maturity is the slowness in which a man believes. — Baltasar Gracian
You will already have noticed how often Capablanca repeated moves, often returning to positions which he had had before. This is not lack of deciciveness… — Alexander Kotov
Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are. Some people are slow to take offense, which… — Robert Greene
Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness. — Baron de Montesquieu
I must confess that, at that time, I had absolutely no knowledge of the slowness of the relaxation processes in the ground state, processes which… — Alfred Kastler
A child's slowness in any subject indicates a deficiency in his environment, educational or otherwise. — Shinichi Suzuki
The bookstore and the coffeehouse are natural allies; Neither has a time limit, slowness is encouraged. — Lewis Buzbee
Let us be ashamed of our slowness in thanking God when He gives, and of our quickness in grumbling at Him when He takes away. — Nikolaj Velimirovic
Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable. — Henry Thomas Buckle
A criminal trial is like a Russian novel: it starts with exasperating slowness as the characters are introduced to a jury, then there are complications… — Clifford Irving
The telephone is a great knee-jerk machine, but if you really want to tell someone how you feel, you need the slowness of the letter.… — Nick Bantock
Spiritual growth is more than procedure, itâ€™s a wild search for God in the midst of the tangled jungle of our souls, a search for… — Mike Yaconelli
There's a kind of slowness and inefficiency about rendering text in paint. We're in a world that's very fast, so things that slow you for… — Glenn Ligon
Sin does not always drive us to drink; more often it drives us to exhaustion. Tiredness is equally as debilitating as drunkenness. Burnout is slang… — Mike Yaconelli
Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated… — Paul Nurse
All novelists must form their personal pacts in some way with the slowness of their craft. There are some who demand of themselves a 'rate… — Graham Swift

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