Velocity Quotes

91 Velocity quotes by 79 unique authors

Making money, it seems, is all about the velocity of moving it around, so that it can exist in Hong Kong one moment and Wall… — Richard Dooling
We shall probably never attain the power of measuring the velocity of nervous action; for we have not the opportunity of comparing its propagation through… — Johannes Peter Muller
The community of developers whose work you see on the Web, who probably don't know what ADO or UML or JPA even stand for, deploy… — Tim Bray
In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is… — Baron de Montesquieu
Something is funny, most of all, because it's true, and because the velocity of insight into this truth exceeds our normal standards. Something is funny… — Steve Almond
Windmills, which are used in the great plains of Holland and North Germany to supply the want of falling water, afford another instance of the… — Hermann von Helmholtz
The Theory of Relativity confers an absolute meaning on a magnitude which in classical theory has only a relative significance: the velocity of light. The… — Max Planck
Those who would legislate against the teaching of evolution should also legislate against gravity, electricity and the unreasonable velocity of light, and also, should introduce… — Luther Burbank
Technology to me does two things: it increases the velocity of communication and increases the number of people who can participate. That's it. That's really… — Jack Dorsey
The velocity and volume on the Web are so great that nothing is forgotten and nothing is remembered, — Leon Wieseltier
Everyone's got their own velocity, and there's no real time frame with comedy. — Sarah Silverman
I like physics. I think it is the best science out of all three of them, because generally it's more useful. You learn about speed… — Tom Felton
The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door.… — Ralph Nader
I wonder if any of them can tell from just looking at me that all I am is the sum total of my pain, a… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" the man yelled. "Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?" "What?" "Oh,… — Terry Pratchett
R is a velocity of measure, defined as a reasonable speed of travel that is consistent with health, mental well-being, and not being more than,… — Douglas Adams
Viscosity and velocity are opposites, yet they can look the same. Viscosity causes the stillness of disinclination, velocity causes the stillness of fascination. An observer… — Susanna Kaysen
Maybe I'll go where I can see stars, he said to himself as the car gained velocity and altitude; it headed away from San Francisco,… — Philip K. Dick
Industrial man—a sentient reciprocating engine having a fluctuating output, coupled to an iron wheel revolving with uniform velocity. And then we wonder why this should… — Aldous Huxley
She continued weeping until the heat of her tear water, the sheer velocity of its flow, finally obscured the already vague circumstances of its origins. — Tom Robbins
Love is implicit in every connection. It should be. Thus when absent it makes us insane. (You Shall Know Our Velocity) — Dave Eggers
Madness is not what it seems. Time stops. All my life I've been obsessed with time, its motion and velocity, the way it works you… — Marya Hornbacher
So you want to know all about me. Who I am. What chance meeting of brush and canvas painted the face you see? What made… — Ellen Hopkins
She closed her eyes and jumped. For a moment she felt herself hang suspended, free of everything. Then gravity took over, and she plunged toward… — Cassandra Clare
Did they launch the last space shuttle yet?” – Sundown “I don’t follow.” – Ren “I’m just thinking maybe we should evacuate the whole planet.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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