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Quotes About Speed

There is no secret, once we go to qualifying, we all seem to enjoy it. Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.
~ Sebastian Vettel
When you walk the track and you see a corner and realise you were going round it at 160mph, you wonder who could be so stupid to take a corner at that speed. But in the car, you don't even think about that.
~ Sebastian Vettel
So if it takes 2 days to destroy Syria then it would take 1 hour for Tunisia and 28 minutes for Norway. Only China would stall us for 6 days. (On the quote of EU minister Egemen Bagis: "If we were so keen on war we could destroy Syria. Our military provess is capable of destroying Syria in a few hours")
~ Selahattin Demirtas
É mais fácil voar alto do que baixo (...) é mais fácil voar depressa do que devagar.
~ Selma Lagerlöf
La lista de mis miedos (en desorden): A la muerte. A los aviones. A la locura. A las enfermedades. A las amputaciones. A los barcos. A la velocidad. A la altura. Al mar. A los tiburones, osos, serpientes, arañas, perros desconocidos. A los desconocidos. A las ciudades, barrios, calles desconocidas. A los suburbios. A los ascensores. A la miseria. A las operaciones médicas, a las operaciones financieras. A las armas. A los dentistas.
~ Sergio Bizzio
El prejuicio con la velocidad es más fuerte que con la lentitud; nadie parece haberse puesto a pensar que aquel a quien las cosas le llevan mucho tiempo puede estar, más que dedicándose concienzudamente al asunto, en alguna clase de dificultad.
~ Sergio Bizzio
Soon is not as good as now.
~ Seth Godin
A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on (Charles Haddon Spurgeon)
~ Seth Mnookin
Ah sweet city of my dreams Of speed and skill and schemes Like Atlantis you just disappeared from view And the hare upon the wire Has been burnt upon your pyre Like the black dog that once raced Out from trap two
~ Shane MacGowan
Make haste" Jane added, just because she always wanted to say that.
~ Shannon Hale
She spoke quickly, her tongue feeling like a hummingbird's wing; she was so afraid of boring him if she took too long.
~ Shannon Hale
To change. May it be quick and merciful.
~ Sharon Lee
Gotta be faster than that, pretty kitty.
~ Shelly Laurenston
The husband got in front of his wife but Gwen never understood the whole waiting-for-a-guy-to-protect-you thing. She was a runner and hopefully the guy could keep up.
~ Shelly Laurenston
Stevie could go from zero to hysterical in six seconds. She was the Ferrari of panic.
~ Shelly Laurenston
Usually, sprinting is my main source of energy and recovery time because that's how I move.
~ Nonito Donaire
As I have been arguing for a long time now, there is a real need not simply for a political economy of wealth but also for a political economy of speed.
~ Paul Virilio
A head start is rarely large enough to matter, and time spent in stealth mode-away from customers-is unlikely to provide a head start. The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else.
~ Eric Ries
Once you are diagnosed with cancer, time changes. It both speeds up insanely and stops altogether.
~ Eve Ensler
Fear depends on time for it's strength! Confront that which you fear with speed.
~ Grant Cardone
The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react
~ Jeannette Walls
Swift was the race, but short the time to run.
~ John Dryden
Time is passing : not leaden steppingBut sprinting on winged feet, Quick silver slipping by.
~ Richard L. Ratliff
Time was like that, though - racing forward when she wanted it to slow down, then crawling to a stop when she could least bear it.
~ Aprilynne Pike, Illusions