Velocity Quotes

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The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military… — Charles Babbage
In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase of velocity becomes… — Charles Babbage
Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital. — Jeff Bezos
I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am… — Harold Brodkey
Excellence matters, and technology advances so fast that the potential for improvement is tremendous. So, since becoming CEO again, I've pushed hard to increase our… — Larry Page
Consider now the Milky Way. Here also we see an innumerable dust, only the grains of this dust are no longer atoms but stars; these… — Henri Poincare
As is well known the principle of virtual velocities transforms all statics into a mathematical assignment, and by D'Alembert's principle for dynamics, the latter is… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
From a certain temperature on, the molecules 'condense' without attractive forces; that is, they accumulate at zero velocity. The theory is pretty, but is there… — Albert Einstein
Acid is not for every brain .... Only the healthy, happy, wholesome, handsome, hopeful, humorous, high-velocity should seek these experiences. This elitism is totally self-determined.… — Timothy Leary
The longer I write, the more important I believe it is to write the first draft as fast as possible. In drafting, I push myself… — Donald Murray
After the planet becomes theirs, many millions of years will have to pass before a beetle particularly loved by God, at the end of its… — Primo Levi
What's the orbital velocity of the moon? — Terry Pratchett
It (the slider) just rolls off of your index finger and begins it's spin which will take it down and across the plate (hopefully). Just… — Steve Carlton
If the genius of invention were to reveal to-morrow the secret of immortality, of eternal beauty and youth, for which all humanity is aching, the… — Nikola Tesla
A beam of luminous hydrogen canal rays has, owing to its velocity, exactly the same direction as that of the electric field in which it… — Johannes Stark
By allowing the positive ions to pass through an electric field and thus giving them a certain velocity, it is possible to distinguish them from… — Johannes Stark
Standing at my door, I heard the discharge of a gun, and in four or five seconds of time, after the discharge, the small shot… — Benjamin Banneker
All is finite in the present; and even that finite is infinite in it velocity of flight towards death. But in God there is nothing… — Thomas de Quincey
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with… — Charles Caleb Colton
Moralityâ€”like velocityâ€”is relative. The determination of it depends on what the objects around you are doing. All one can do is measure one's position in… — David Gerrold

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