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Quotes About Haste

They're coming this way, quickly!' 'I didn't really want to know that.
~ Martha Wells
No time like the present' Mrs Manley (The Lost Lover, 1696), 1663-1724 'From marrying in haste, and repenting at leisure; Not liking the person, yet liking his treasure.' Elizabeth Thomas, 1675-1731 'What's done cannot be undone.' William Shakespeare (Macbeth, 1606), 1564-1616
~ Martina Cole
The spirit came to this person in haste when the person was awakened. Having given its hand to the one lying prone on the ground, it placed him firmly on his feet, for he had not yet stood up.36 This gave them the means of knowing the knowledge of the father and the revelation of his son. For when they saw it and listened to it, he permitted them to take a taste of and to smell and to grasp the beloved son.
~ Unknown
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
~ Hasidic Proverb
Lumawoo, come quickly! Beowulf's leg is worse.
~ Unknown
He will come quickly; let this word be always sounding in our ear
~ Matthew Henry
Give me your hand," she says, offering hers. "Hurry now.
~ Megan Abbott
Words are powerful, especially when spoken by one such as yerself. Action taken in haste, in the heat of emotion, rarely yields the desired result.
~ Unknown
The Restless Sex, Some Ladies in Haste, and The Younger Set.
~ Unknown
No hasty man attains excellence, No impatient man is leaned upon.
~ Unknown
Whoever has three things will never regret: 1) Refraining from haste 2) Consulting (with others) 3) And depending upon God when making decisions
~ Unknown
The world's turning a whole lot faster than it should be.
~ Unknown
Fa male vedere uomini e donne impegnati in una folle corsa verso la terra promessa del guadagno, dove tutto ciò che li circonda – la natura, gli oggetti, gli altri esseri umani – non suscita alcun interesse.
~ Unknown
It is not my design to drink or to sleep, but my design is to make what haste I can to be gone.
~ Oliver Cromwell
Delay is a great procuress.
~ Ovid
Instantly sixty little hands grabbed at sixty sandwiches, which were stuffed down sixty throats in under sixty seconds.
~ Unknown
Too much talking," I say. "Not enough running.
~ Patrick Ness
Rumor forces us to act before we are ready, or ruins a situation before it becomes fully ripe.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Vite et mal, c'est ma devise!
~ Paul Morand
The man who wants to marry me is very rich and strong. He lives near here. He built his house in three days." "A proper house or a hut?" he wanted to know. "A real house, with shingles and a pitched roof, and glass windows." He was silent for a moment, and I was sure I'd finally impressed him. "Three days," he said at last. "There is no wisdom in such hurrying. This house will not stand long.
~ Paula McLain
The faster you drink, the faster you can try to erase whatever needs erasing.
~ Paula McLain
Their haste pulls them out of the conversation, or they try internally to improve the situation, or they're preparing what their next speech will be when you shut up and it's their turn to take the stage.
~ Peter Høeg
Very few people know how to listen. Their haste pulls them out of the conversation, or they try internally to improve the situation, or they're preparing what their entrance will be when you shut up and it's their turn to step on stage.
~ Peter Høeg
This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORDís Passover.
~ Exodus 12:11