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Quotes About Speed

I look a girl in the eye and it was a very long love story with thunder and kisses and lightning. I live fast.
~ Franz Kafka
Sin duda la ciencia avanza, es imparable, incluso avanza con buena velocidad, cada vez más rápido, pero, ¿qué hay de admirable en eso? Es como si se quisiera admirar a alguien porque a medida que pasan los años se hace más viejo y, a consecuencia de ello, la muerte se fuera aproximando cada vez más rápido.
~ Franz Kafka
Av köpekleri henüz avluda oynuyor, ama avlar? daha ÅŸimdiden ormanda ne kadar h?zl? koÅŸarlarsa koÅŸsunlar, ellerinden kurtulamayacaklar.
~ Franz Kafka
And there are very few wild animals that can't run down a human being; the big predators would run down Usain Bolt without even thinking about it. So your only chance is to stand your ground!
~ Steve Backshall
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.
~ Bruce Lee
Driving a stock car does not require much handling ability, at least not as compared to Grand Prix racing, because the tracks are simple banked ovals and there is almost no shifting of gears. So, qualifying becomes a test of raw nerve - of how fast a man is willing to take a curve.
~ Tom Wolfe
There's so many guys skiing so fast right now that you really have to be willing to take a lot of risks if you want to give yourself a chance to win. I'm prepared to do it; it's just a matter of if I can make it work.
~ Bode Miller
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
~ Ovid
I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
~ Valentino Rossi
The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went.
~ Richard Branson
We used to play touch football, where you put the little rag in your pocket. I was good because I was fast. I wasn't the greatest at catching. Sometimes the ball would come so hard and fast that it'd knock the wind out of me.
~ Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Thus far we run before the wind.
~ Arthur Murphy
When I go down the ice, I feel it, the wind in the side of my hair, and then I got the party in the back.
~ Patrick Kane
I'm a girl that loves cars. I've always loved them. I love to drive with the windows down, sunroof open, and music pumping.
~ Rachel Nichols
Sometimes, a novel is like a train: the first chapter is a comfortable seat in an attractive carriage, and the narrative speeds up. But there are other sorts of trains, and other sorts of novels. They rush by in the dark; passengers framed in the lighted windows are smiling and enjoying themselves.
~ Jane Smiley
The IronClad is faster than most thumb drives but far slower than a standard hard drive. Boot up, application launch and other Windows operations feel sluggish, though still usable.
~ Barton Gellman
That's part of my game: just running the wing, defending.
~ Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
That's what I do - I run the floor, I run the wing. Either get easy layups or transition threes.
~ Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
The dragonfly is an exceptionally beautiful insect and a fierce carnivore. It has four wings that beat independently. This gives it an ability to maneuver in the air with superb dexterity. A dragonfly can put on a burst of speed, stop on a dime, hover, fly backward, and switch direction in a flash. This is a hunting behavior known as hawking.
~ Richard Preston
The years I raced in were fantastic. There was so much change in the cars. We went from treaded tyres to no wings right through to slicks to enormous wings.
~ Jackie Stewart
For a man so incredibly hairy and square, watching my dad get on a bike was like watching a penguin spread its wings and take flight. He'd take off at inhuman speed, a smile on his face, and never look back.
~ Zelda Williams
You can be anything else, but if you're the 100-yard dash winner, you're the fastest guy, and that's it.
~ Cris Collinsworth
Overtaking is nearly as fun as winning races. The rush you get from it is awesome.
~ Daniel Ricciardo
I'm lucky because not only do I have the chance to experience the thrill of winning, but I also get to bowl really fast. Those two things are the best feelings in the world, better than any drugs - not that I've tried any.
~ Dale Steyn