"Anybody who speeds thinks they can outsmart the cops."
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"If you look at Einstein's equations and put in low speeds and low gravity, they become Newton's equations."
"I wish I wasn't so technically challenged, because it puts you at a distinct disadvantage. I wish I could figure out a way to get more up to speed."
"There is no secrecy comparable to celerity."
"I just felt that if I went into Speed 2, I just... wouldn't have come up out of the water."
"Watching Bo Jackson, seeing his size, his speed, a lot of his abilities, really drove me."
"I really liked watching Bo Jackson run just because of his size and his speed."
"You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!"
"There is more to life than increasing its speed. Gandhi gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? Richard Bach Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things."
"I do not see how we can rationally oppose high speed rail because of the environmental and other costs without considering the social and human consequences of the radical elimination of transportation that this entails."
"For me, returning to Los Angeles annihilates the memories of where I have just been with an astonishing speed."
"It is only when you are pursued that you become swift."
"I bought a book of Mark Twain quotes. That's about my speed. I'll read a couple quotes and put it down."
"You can speed up your life if you want to - that's easy. Winding down is what's hard."
"When speed dating I'm seeking my equal or at least one in the making."
"The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech."
"But that’s one advantage of fiction, you can speed up time."
"At electric speed, all forms are pushed to the limits of their potential."
"It is equally bad when one speeds on the guest unwilling to go, and when he holds back one who is hastening. Rather one should befriend the guest who is there, but speed him when he wishes."
"The fuses had been lit and could not be extinguished. All that remained was to observe the speed of the spark, and the size of the explosions."