Speed Quotes - Page 37

• Computer : a million morons working at the speed of light.

  David Ferrier

  Technology, Light, Computer

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• Knowledge of Nature is an account at bank, where each dividend is added to the principal and the interest is ever compounded; and hence it is that human progress, founded on natural knowledge, advances with ever increasing speed.

  Grove Karl Gilbert

  Knowledge, Science, Progress

  Grove Karl Gilbert (1896). “Presidential Address by Grove Karl Gilbert: With Constitution and Standing Rules, Abstracts of Minutes and Lists of Officers and Members, 1895”

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• What binds us to space-time is our rest mass, which prevents us from flying at the speed of light, when time stops and space loses meaning. In a world of light there are neither points nor moments of time; beings woven from light would live "nowhere" and "nowhen"; only poetry and mathematics are capable of speaking meaningfully about such things.

  IU?. I. Manin

  Science, Light, Space

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• To put it simply, no Darwin, no Hitler. Hitler tried to speed up evolution, to help it along, and millions suffered and died in unspeakable ways because of it.

  D. James Kennedy

  Religion, Atheism, Way

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• It is a paradox to say the human body has no 'limit.' There must be a limit to the speed at which men can run. I feel this may be around 3:30 for the mile. However, another paradox remains - if an athlete manages to run 3:30, another runner could be found to marginally improve on that time.

  Roger Bannister

  Running, Athlete, Men

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• I have learned that there is no failure in running, or in life, as long as you keep moving. It's not about speed. And gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped. you might find that one particular direction proves difficult, but there are many directions on a compass. Infinite, in fact. As long as you keep searching, you'll find your winning way.

  Amby Burfoot

  Running, Moving, Winning

  Amby Burfoot (2000). “The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life: What 35 Years of Running Have Taught Me About Winning, Losing, Happiness, Humility, and the Human Heart”, p.77, Rodale

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• Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way.

  Dogen

  Short Life, Discipline, Dew

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• There was a young lady named Bright, Whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one day In a relative way, And returned on the previous night.

  Arthur Henry Reginald Buller

  Night, Light, One Day

  "Relativity" l. 1 (1923)

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• They were actually pills to make slimming easier for you. We used to take them with a couple of beers. They made you just a little speedy. But you can't compare it to speed from today or cocaine or anything. It's just baby food compared to that.

  Astrid Kirchherr

  Baby, Couple, Beer

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• We didn't have a strong drug scene by any means. Originally, it was just purple hearts, amphetamines, speed or whatever you want to call it. When The Beatles went down south, they sometimes brought back cannabis and gradually the drug scene developed in Liverpool.

  Bob Wooler

  Strong, Heart, Mean

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• The speed will increase and the players will be better, but also the players around you will be a lot better. It all cancels itself out.

  Robert Griffin III

  Football, Player, Nfl

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• In Mendrisio I felt it - the exhilaration of what the bike has to offer. It's a simple machine that conjures a vast mix of emotions. It can evoke the senses and raise the spirits of people who watch. For those who ride it can seem like the perfect vehicle for transport. For those who race, there's no better sensation than being on top of your gear making mountains feel like flat roads. Cycling throws up plenty of obstacles, unknown territory, high speed split-second considerations. Where to next? What's around the next corner? Who cares? You're flyin'!

  Cadel Evans

  Sports, Simple, Cycling

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• Ultra high speed slow mo.

  Jon Gruden

  Football, Ultras, High Speed

  "8 Ridiculous Things Jon Gruden Said On Monday Night Football" by Tony Manfred, www.businessinsider.com. October 29, 2013.

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• I arise today
  Through the strength of heaven:
  Light of sun
  Brilliance of moon
  Splendor of fire
  Speed of lightning
  Swiftness of wind
  Depth of sea
  Stability of earth
  Firmness of rock.

  Saint Patrick

  Nature, Moon, Fire

  "Christian Spirituality: Origins to the Twelfth Century". Book by Bernard McGinn, Jean Leclercq, John Meyendorff, 1986.

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• Progress celebrates victories over nature. Progress makes purses out of human skin. When people were traveling in mail coaches, the world got ahead better than it does now that salesmen fly through the air. What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way? How will the heirs of this age be taught the most basic motions that are necessary to activate the most complicated machines? Nature can rely on progress; it will avenge it for the outrage it has perpetrated on it.

  Karl Kraus

  Nature, Air, People

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• There was a contact between a football player and a cheerleader, male I might add. That male cheerleader clipped me from the side as I was running full speed, or slower than full speed, but generally, in the upper quadrant of speed. And I hit the ground pretty good.

  Les Miles

  Football, Running, Memorable

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• What is of the greatest importance in war is extraordinary speed: One cannot afford to neglect opportunity.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Opportunity, Neglect

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• By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected at least one hundred and fifty times. I am suspicious of both facility and speed. Good writing is essentially rewriting. I am positive of this.

  Roald Dahl

  Writing, Stories, Fifty

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• Cause I'm carryin' your love with me
  From West Virginia down to Tennessee
  I'll be movin' with the good lord speed, carryin' your love with me
  It's my strength for holdin' on
  Every minute that I have to be gone
  I'll have everything I'll ever need
  Carryin' your love with me

  George Strait

  Country, Song, Virginia

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• There is such a thing as everyday, ordinary, vulgar ecstasy; the ecstasy of anger, the ecstasy of speed at the wheel, the ecstasy of ear-splitting noise, ecstasy in the soccer stadium.

  Milan Kundera

  Soccer, Football, Everyday

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• Speed is what makes the Premiership exciting. The millions who would have watched Manchester United and Chelsea would have seen a non-stop game in which the pace was electric even though the first half was a non-event. You could see a better technical game in Spain but for sheer frenetic movement there is nothing that comes close... Pace is more critical in the Premiership than in any other major league and if you don't have pace, you have to compensate with power or ability in the air and since Shevchenko has no power and is not particularly good in the air, he is in trouble.

  Alan Hansen

  Soccer, Football, Air

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• We can't replace Gary Speed - where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?

  Bobby Robson

  Football, Player, Feet

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• Enthusiasm is the electric current that keeps the engine of life going at top speed. Enthusiasm is the very propeller of progress.

  B. C. Forbes

  Progress, Electric Current, Enthusiasm

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• Our aim must be to make our successive mistakes as quickly as possible. To speed up evolution.

  Karl Popper

  Mistake, Evolution, Economics

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• In this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled labor overseas are an explosive combination.

  Bob Taft

  Jobs, Connections, Cost

  "The Jobs Agenda". Bob Taft's State of the State Address, 2004.

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