"I have been to the speed of God, sir...and I discommend it."
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"For no one does life drag more disagreeably than for those who try to speed it up."
"Mass man is a phenomenon of electric speed, not of physical quantity."
"You think the speed of your fingers can match the strength of my fists?"
"I have a time machine at home. It only goes forward at regular speed"
"You don't have to feel bad to act kindly. Love doesn't stand by, it moves with the speed of clarity."
"No cop was ever born who wasn't a sucker for a finely-executed high-speed Controlled Drift all the way around one of those clover-leaf freeway interchanges."
"I just don’t feel like you can have enough speed pass rushers on your club."
"Curb your talent lest it speed where virtue does not guide."
"Speak and speed: the close mouth catches no flies."
"She started off, walking fast, as if the speed of her steps could give form to the things she felt."
"We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed."
"He seems designed specifically for speed and deadly accuracy. But not strength, not particularly-he is smart, but not strong. Only strong enough to carry me."
"For me, speed isn't anything I ever practiced. It's all in the genes. Plus, my mom gave me a lot of vitamins when I was small."
"Not all speed is movement."
"Nothing is as fast as the speed of trust."
"Trust is a powerful accelerator to performance and when trust goes up, speed also goes up while cost comes down - producing what we call a trust dividend."
"You lose the speed before the stamina."
"And I feel faster than the speeding light."
"Who knows how fast a second-guess can travel? Who has ever measured the exact speed of regret?"