Quotes About Pace

emotions of that order, very subtle, very profound, very carnal, and essential, and completely unpredictable, can hatch entire lives in a body. that's what writing is. it's the pace of the written word passing through your body.

I am more of an ambler. I once overheard my old boss in Dublin describe me as very hello trees, hello flowers. It was intended as an insult and it fulfilled its brief; I was insulted. I had little interest in greeting trees and flowers but nor did I treat life as a treadmill, on which it was vital to keep fleeing forward in order to avoid being sucked off the back and out of the game.

The pace and urgency of war have always accelerated the development of technology and encouraged novel uses of devices that already exist.

No matter what it is, if you don't move your eyes and set the pace yourself, your intellect is sentenced to death. The mind, you see, is like a muscle. For it to remain agile and strong, it must work. Television rules that out.

Live slow enough and there is only the beginning of time.

In all ages statesmen have found it hard to understand the psychology of revolutionary governments bound to the wheel of armaments and debts. For it is a cycle that cannot be reversed. It can only be broken or its pace accelerated.

ne of the most noticeable changes had been a slowing down of the mad tempo that had so characterized the twentieth century. Life was more leisurely than it had been for generations. It therefore had less zest for the few, but more tranquility for the many. Western man had relearned what the rest of the world had never forgotten; That there was nothing sinful in leisure as long as it did not degenerate into mere sloth.

To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.

The more haste, the less speed

be sure you don't stop the story while describing. You are a storyteller, not an interior decorator.

I decided with this new awareness to dedicate my day to moving at my own natural, calm pace, and not pressuring myself to get going, get moving, or hurry up at all, something quite different from what I otherwise did.

In fact, I do everything faster. I walk faster, talk faster, eat faster Ã¢â'¬Â¦ have sex faster Ã¢â'¬Â¦

Everything goes by so fast that if you want to be a part of it, you need to go that fast. But because you go that fast, you don't lead the life you should lead.

It's my motto for life. 'Walk slowly; drink lots of water.

The need to adapt is nothing new; after all, Benjamin Franklin said, "When you are finished changing, you are finished." What is new is how often we need to change, the pace at which we need to move, and the complexity and volatility of the context in which we are operating.

A métrica, o ritmo e o andamento todos têm o seu papel no nosso prazer. Ainda que os nossos batimentos cardíacos não estejam ligados ao andamento, certamente que consideramos andamentos mais lentos como sendo mais relaxantes e mais empolgantes os que são mais rápidos. Esta tensão estará provavelmente ligada ao facto de não gostarmos da incerteza e, especialmente, ao nosso receio de não conseguirmos lidar com uma situação.

Take 'er easy there, pilgrim

Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.

They walked with some purpose, yet without particular hurry

Monkey-mind" describes an especially agitated state where attention jumps rapidly from one thing to the next, like an excited monkey. This is quite different from mind-wandering, which happens at a slower pace. With

The world is full of people running

Reverence requires a certain pace. It requires a willingness to take detours, even side trips, which are not part of the original plan.

Time can fly as fast as it wants, but they will take their pleasant time about living.

If Joffre's plan were to work, it was essential that the BEF hold the space between Lanrezac and the newly forming Sixth Army. Under General Order No. 2 Joffre intended the BEF to conform to the general pace of the retreat and, once they reached the Somme at St. Quentin, hold firm.