"Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure."
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"Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed"
"To increase speed you must increase the amount of rest, peace, calmness that you can maintain. That is the secret to playing fast."
"I don’t think there’s an option for me to fall in love slowly, or at medium speed. I either do or I don’t."
"Now I got a time machine at home. It only goes foreword at regular speed. It's essentially a cardboard box and on the outside I wrote time machine in sharpie."
"Speed has become an important element of strategy."
"Two such as you with such a master speed Cannot be parted nor be swept away"
"I definitely run up right, and I've got pretty good speed."
"Everybody has a need for speed and you actually make your product, or service, or services more attractive when you do them fast."
"The speed of time is one second per second."
"The way to happiness is a high-speed road to those who know where the edges are."
"Everybody at the speed of light tends to become a nobody."
"The more haste, ever the worst speed."
"An honest tale speeds best being plainly told."
"To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all traces of their steps."
"I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed-reading accident. I hit a bookmark."
"The speed with which bureaucracy has invaded almost every branch of human activity is something astounding once one thinks about it."
"When I find out a hotel doesn't have a DSL, it's like "What? There's no toilet?" Once you get used to high speed you ain't going back"
"When energy speeds up there is no space for playing small, and nothing can remain hidden."
"I like to get out and get up the court, using my speed and aggressiveness toward the hoop."