Quotes About Swiftness

Without Time's swiftness, which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment.

Jews are known for many things, but strength, swiftness, and agility are not among them. There is one trait, as controversial as it is familiar, for which Jews are above all known, and that is shrewdness in business.

It's not necessarily size that matters, it's how fast you move that implement.

They all agreed, that I could not be produced according to the regular laws of nature; because I was not framed with a capacity of preserving my life, either by swiftness, or climbing of trees, or digging holes in the earth.

The sooner, the better!

A gentle joyousness-a mighty mildness of repose in swiftness, invested the gliding whale. Not the white bull Jupiter swimming away with ravished Europa clinging to his graceful horns; his lovely, leering eyes sideways intent upon the maid; with smooth bewitching fleetness, rippling straight for the nuptial bower in Crete; not Jove, not that great majesty Supreme! did surpass the glorified White Whale as he so divinely swam.

Fate rebuked him with terrifying swiftness.

Velocity was paramount.

many historians looking at the record have been taken aback by the swiftness of the change.

Nothing gives a sadder sense of decay than this loss or suspension of the power to deal with unaccustomed things, and to keep up with the swiftness of the passing moment. [Speaking of self-posed isolation in old age.]

I'm far too low maintenance to ever spend more than five minutes getting ready to go out.

Quiet as a shadow Light as a feather Quick as a snake Calm as still water Smooth as summer silk Swift as a deer Slippery as an eel Strong as a bear Fierce as a wolverine Still as stone

My special thing is my speed. I'm fast.

To me, speed kills.

My speed is my greatest asset.

I learned to value speed in everything I do.

I believe my main quality is my speed, and that can help to open games up.

I think my speed is one of my biggest assets.

Something like speed of play can be a big deal.

In the end it was Shadowhunting they had bonded over—a shared love of sharp-edged weapons, gleaming seraph blades, the painful pleasure of burning Marks, the thought-numbing swiftness of battle. When Alec had wanted to go out hunting alone with Jace, leaving Izzy behind, Jace had spoken up for her: "We need her with us; she's the best there is. Aside from me, of course." She had loved him just for that.

I will liken my judgment unto a ring: like as there is no slackness of the last, even so there is no swiftness of the first.

Time strode with the swiftness of spring blossoms.

These smaller whaleboats are not powered by sails when they are on the close hunt, but by oars, which the men ply with rippling swiftness, as if they are the wind over choppy water.

sometimes victory doesn't go to the strongest or swiftest. Sometimes it goes to a desperate dead man with deep pockets.