Speed Quotes

1310 Speed quotes by 999 unique authors

... we will hope that future historians will explain the morbid symptoms of present-day society as the childhood ailments of an aspiring humanity, due entirely… — Albert Einstein
Consider the wheelbarrow. It may lack the grace of an airplane, the speed of an automobile, the initial capacity of a freight car, but its… — Hal Borland
We know that Jesus could not have ascended to heaven because there is no physical heaven anywhere in the universe. Even ascending at the speed… — Joseph Campbell
This is America, This vast, confused beauty, This staring, restless speed of loveliness, Mighty, overwhelming, crude, of all forms, Making grandeur out of profusion, Afraid… — Amy Lowell
These 'messengers' will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or… — Herodotus
To live is to see, and traveling sometimes speeds up the process. — Edward Hoagland
I bought my first electric car in 1970. Its top speed was 15 mph and it had just a 15 mile range - it was… — Ed Begley, Jr.
We pass thoughts around, from mind to mind, so compulsively and with such speed that the brains of mankind often appear, functionally, to be undergoing… — Lewis Thomas
This required abandoning the idea that there is a universal quantity called time that all clocks measure. Instead, everyone would have his own personal time.… — Stephen Hawking
I drive a Mustang. A 2005 five-speed GT convertible. — Bob Seger
Humans are built for endurance, not speed. We're awful sprinters compared to every other animal. We try to run our races as if they were… — Christopher McDougall
Endurance, after all, is the only reason we even exist. We think of ourselves as nature's deadliest animals, but the truth is, a naked human… — Christopher McDougall
I've got 911 on speed dial. — Douglas Coupland
Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink. — Paul Theroux
Because Washington state now votes by mail, elections here tend to play out, at an agonizingly slow speed, over many days and, sometimes, weeks. — Jonathan Raban
The primary factor in a successful attack is speed. — Lord Mountbatten
A high-speed connection is no more an essential civil right than 3G cell phone service or a Netflix account. Increasing competition and restoring academic excellence… — Michelle Malkin
The factor most ignored in discussing interstellar flight is the kinetic energy that must be invested in the ship to make its tons of matter… — Bernard M. Oliver
It's very clear that there's a lot of double standards going on. Should there be a 30mph speed limit? Of course there bloody should. And… — Jamie Oliver
I really liked watching Bo Jackson run just because of his size and his speed. — Jamal Lewis
My mantra has always been to have zero regrets in life. Everything I do at one speed, I go all-out. — Apolo Ohno
I never exceed the posted speed limit. — Jason Priestley
I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week… — Oscar Pistorius
The ARPAnet was the first transcontinental, high-speed computer network. — Eric S. Raymond
We're well past the end of the century when time, for the first time, curved, bent, slipped, flash forwarded, and flashed back yet still kept… — Ali Smith

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