Speeds Quotes

86 Speeds quotes by 75 unique authors

Sometimes, a novel is like a train: the first chapter is a comfortable seat in an attractive carriage, and the narrative speeds up. But there… — Jane Smiley
Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice. — James Patterson
There are, above all, times in which the human reality, always mobile, accelerates, and bursts into vertiginous speeds. Our time is such a one, for… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
A book is an attempt to make through permanent and to contribute to the great conversation conducted by authors of the past. […] The telegraph… — Neil Postman
To ride a bicycle is in itself some protection against superstitious fears, since the bicycle is the product of pure reason applied to motion. Geometry… — Angela Carter
I thought about all of the things that everyone ever says to each other, and how everyone is going to die, whether it's in a… — Jonathan Safran Foer
He looked at the box with interest. 'Well, well. Five speeds. Heat and massage. Deep, penetrating action. Sure this isn't yours? — Jeaniene Frost
We have been naive enough to believe that we were invincible; that we could run blind through the hairpin turns of life at treacherous speeds… — Jodi Picoult
It was like the classic scene in the movies where one lover is on the train and one is on the platform and the train… — Lorrie Moore
Everything that's born has to die, which means our lives are like skyscrapers. The smoke rises at different speeds, but they're all on fire, and… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Three things cannot be called back: the arrow when it speeds from the bow, the milk when the churn is upturned, the word when it… — Stephen R. Lawhead
As much as I like it when a book I'm writing speeds along, the downside can be that an author becomes too eager to finish… — David Morrell
Time travels at different speeds for different people. I can tell you who time strolls for, who it trots for, who it gallops for, and… — William Shakespeare
All children are heartless. They have not grown a heart yet, which is why they can climb tall trees and say shocking things and leap… — Catherynne M. Valente
Thought = creation. If these thoughts are attached to powerful emotions (good or bad) that speeds the creation — Rhonda Byrne
A sneeze travels at a peak velocity of two hundred miles per hour. A burp, more slowly; a fart, slower yet. But a kiss thrown… — Tom Robbins
It's time now to rent a car, roll down the windows and prepare for your first big thrill: the freeways. They're so much fun they… — John Waters
While we are postponing, life speeds by. — Seneca the Younger
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. — William James
As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time. — Alan Alda
I happen to love engineering. I love figuring things out in a spatial sense, that whole realm of working with mechanical parts, and the relationship… — Arthur Ganson
As you get older, time speeds up but life slows down. — John C. Maxwell
Almost everybody I know has this sense of overdosing on information and getting dizzy living at post-human speeds. — Pico Iyer
As order exponentially increases, time exponentially speeds up. — Ray Kurzweil
I have two speeds, nothing and full pelt. — Andre Rieu

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