Quotes About Quickness

He must be lightning slow.

People started saying, 'Oh you know, he's quicker than he looks', and I'm like, 'What does that mean? Do I look slow, or I'm not really sure what that means.

Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of reasoning.

Ouch! And Marino goes down quicker than his Boonesfarm-infused sister in the back of my '68 Cutlass on our first date after watching 'Love Story' at the drive-in.

I'm not a good lover, but at least I'm fast.

Well done,' said a voice somewhere behind him. 'Consciousness to sarcasm in five seconds!

She is quick and curious and playful and strong.

Don't be afraid. Don't wait. Don't get caught. Just go. Go fast.

Velocity was paramount.

Curran struck at my wrist. His fingers were cat-quick, but I had spent my life honing my reflexes, and he missed. "Well, look at that." I studied my free wrist. "Denied. Good-bye

I can be glib and truthful all at once.

I'm not going to blame a referee for something I feel like I should be able to control. I should get up quicker. If you want to win fights, you just have to do it, regardless of what's going on.

Speed is the essence of war.

You're an excellent analyst. Not everyone is born with the gift of snappy comeback.

He gives twice who gives quickly.

Wittiness turns me on more than anything else.

I still have my quickness, but I turn it on and off. I don't want to fail in anything I do and that's why I'm hard on myself.

Speed is the essence of war.

And yet a little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of sensation such as a revolution, a battle, or an adventure of any lively description.

There are different types of cornerbacks: you've got your longer guys that will try to get physical with you and use their length, and you've got your quick guys that will try to use their quickness, and then you've got your 'tweener' guys that will try to use both.

I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.

If you think before you speak the other guy gets his joke in first.

God just blessed me with quickness and speed, I guess.

Me being a shorter guy, I am pretty quick out of the blocks and can get up to top speed maybe a little faster than some guys.