Quotes About Speed

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A committee takes hours to put into minutes what can be done in seconds.

But the world of the eye is causing us to live increasingly in a perpetual present, flattened by speed and simultaneity. Visual images have become commodities, as Harvey points out: 'a rush of images from different spaces almost simultaneously, collapsing the world's spaces into a series of images on a television screen […] the image of places and spaces becomes as open to production and ephemeral use as any other [commodity].

We found so much to say, to share, to learn.... For it wasn't just the Marquis de Sade profile and the sporty thighs-and-calves that seduced me. It was even more, perhaps, or certainly just as much, the speed at which you used to read, and still do.

Kate, on the other hand, always stood with her shoulders straight and tall, couldn't sit still if her life depended upon it, and walked as if she were in a race—and why not? she always wondered. If one was going somewhere, what could possibly be the point in not getting there quickly?

and walked as if she were in a race-and why not? she always wondered. If one was going somewhere, what could possibly be the point in not getting there quickly?

She obviously wasn't going fast enough, because he picked her up and dropped her out the window himself, where she landed in Dunford's waiting arms. "You're here too?" she asked weakly. "If I were you, I'd be grateful for my presence. Ashbourne is nearly ready to explode.

The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.

Of course, when I can get an Indy Car or Champ Car race on television, I never miss the opportunity.

Both Indy Car and Formula 1 work in the same way, although there is a greater emphasis on development and technology in Formula 1.

Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.

Policy doesn't move as quickly as innovation happens.

My goal is to be a racer, and I want to be someone who inspires Americans to watch Formula One.

To be able to communicate with people on the other side of the globe is interesting, in an instant.

In the year 3000, everything will be instant.

Internet has created the ability to connect people instantly.

When you're out there and playing, things are going fast. You've just got to trust your instincts and what got you there.

I am not good at following rules, I am not good at following instructions, I am not good at driving slow.

The first car I drove was a BMW M3. I drove it around a circuit close to my house. We just wanted to go and have some fun and didn't think it was going to be competitive in terms of lap times. But I ended up being faster than the instructors that day.

Camacho's a very fast and intelligent fighter but I don't think he can handle the pressure I will put on him.

Things can change so fast on the internet.

The great thing about football is that it's so fast, there are so few interruptions.

I've been in fast company, as they call it

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