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Quotes About Slow

You are quick, for a dancing master, said Ser Meryn. You are slow, for a knight, Syrio replied.
~ George R.R. Martin
A snail hides in his shell.
~ George R.R. Martin
How time seemed to blur and slow and even stop, how the past and the future vanished until there was nothing but the instant, how fear fled, and thought fled, and even your body.
~ George R.R. Martin
To the end of his life he enjoyed traveling by train, the slower the better, and, if possible, in the front carriage.
~ George Sayer
C'era un'atmosfera da domenica sera, quando ci si sente fiacchi senza aver fatto nulla, invasi da un molle torpore, e i minuti scorrono più lenti che gli altri giorni.
~ Georges Simenon
It was the hottest hour of the day when even the cicadas seem to slow down and falter occasionally in their song. The black ants moved busily across the cloth, gathering the crumbs of our food.
~ Gerald Durrell
By perseverance the snail reached the Ark.
~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon
By perseverance the snails reached the ark.
~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon
He who is the most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in the performance of it.
~ JeanJacques Rousseau
Man is a slow, sloppy and brilliant thinker; the machine is fast, accurate and stupid.
~ William M. Kelly
Then again, he supposed the healing process, in contrast to trauma, was gentle and slow... The soft closing of a door, rather than a slam.- John
~ J.R. Ward
G'on now.' he murmured with that Southern drawl. 'Lie on back and let me take care of you. I promise to go slow...real slow.' - Issac Rothe, Crave
~ J.R. Ward
Weight carried, whether it was physically, mentally, or emotionally, slowed you down.
~ J.R. Ward
You said you wanted to remember something." His palms slid up to the tops of her thighs and squeezed. "So lie back and let me do my thing." That tongue of his made a reappearance—and didn't that make her get on board with the plan. "G'on now," he murmured with that Southern drawl. "Lie on back and let me take care of you. I promise to go slow . . . real slow.
~ J.R. Ward
There are two different things: there's grilling, and there's barbecue. Grilling is when people say, 'We're going to turn up the heat, make it really hot and sear a steak, sear a burger, cook a chicken.' Barbecue is going low and slow.
~ Guy Fieri
You have to bully a guy like Fury - notice I don't call him 'Tyson.' Truthfully you have to run up on a big guy like Fury and pummel him. He's the type of guy who's strong and determined but he's slow. His awkwardness is his positive.
~ Shannon Briggs
Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again.
~ Pete du Pont
Intelligent people, as some say, in their openness, are indeed slow to criticize, but conversely, in their openness to the concerns of others, the genuine are slow to fret about being criticized.
~ Criss Jami, Killosophy
We are a microwave generation serving a Crock-Pot God.
~ T.D. Jakes
Sun melting over it, slow as butter on toast.
~ Tana French
The phrase "low and slow" was coined to describe the relatively low temperatures used for smoking and the lengthy amount of time it takes to infuse and cook the food.
~ Ted Reader
If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower.
~ Glenn Ford
I'd like to see fashion slow down a bit. What freaks me out about fashion today is the speed - the speed of consuming, the speed of ideas. When fashion moves so fast, it takes away something I always loved, which is the idea that fashion should be slightly elusive. Hard to grasp, hard to find.
~ Raf Simons
Americans are too speedy.
~ Mitch McConnell