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Slow Quotes

What takes time, and why that's not a flaw.

These quotes treat slowness in different lights - a candid personal admission of being slow at everything, and an observation about how gradually industry adapts to new consumer demand. See Change quotes for more on how transitions unfold.

As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow.

Quotes by F. Murray Abraham

Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.

Quotes by Ezra Taft Benson

Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought.

Quotes by Eugenio Montale

In high school I was very much involved in poetry. You cannot read a poem quickly. There's too much going on there. There are rhythms and alliterations. You have to read poetry slow, slow, slow to absorb it all.

Quotes by Eugene H. Peterson

Cancer isn't going to slow me down.

Quotes by Ethan Zohn

Unfortunately, slow and steady in any financial market is actually impossible.

Quotes by Erik Voorhees

It's the need for change that drives us to join forces with our brothers and sisters all around the world - but change is slow.

Quotes by Eric Burdon

You need a continuous picture of how things are evolving, and not a slow series of snapshots where you don't know how frame A is related to frame B.

Quotes by Eric Betzig

It's a slow process rewriting your own life in your head. I think that's a writerly thing.

Quotes by Emma Healey

Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.

Quotes by Eminem

When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow, slow, slow.

Quotes by Emil Zatopek

Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.

Quotes by Emil Zatopek

We started very slow in America. It was small acoustic shows. We played places like Los Angeles, New York and Chicago and everywhere there has been a great reaction. It has been really lovely. They listen to the lyrics and...

Quotes by Emeli Sande

Now in its third year in office, the Obama Administration has never championed the cause of human rights. Its slow reaction in June 2009 to the stealing of the election in Iran and the birth of the 'Green Movement' there,...

Quotes by Elliott Abrams

I was a very, very slow learner. I was good at nothing.

Quotes by Ella Woodward

L.A. is so slow. Everyone is so chill, and the weather, of course, makes everything better, but it's just a different vibe.

Quotes by Ella Mai

What makes autism different is the history of neglect into the disorder. It's remained such a mystery that science has been very slow to address it.

Quotes by Elizabeth Emken

'Cabin Fever' was very much inspired by 'The Thing.' It's really a perfect guy's horror movie: There's no love story, it's just straight-up horror. And it's so well-done. It moves at a slow pace, but it's really terrific.

Quotes by Eli Roth

Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down.

Quotes by Eli Wallach

He's so slow that he takes an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes.

Quotes by Edwin Edwards

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "slow" quotes cover?
It ranges from a personal admission of being slow at everything, to a harsh historical put-down of a social class, industry's slow adaptation, and a reflection on perfection taking time.
Is there a quote about being slow at everything?
Yes: "I'm slow at everything I do."
Does this collection include any harsh historical commentary?
Yes, restrained: one quote is a harshly critical, historical-style description of a social class - "The intellectual bourgeois of the old Empire" - calling it "mentally slow" among other put-downs. That's presented as the historical text's own opinion, not a characterization endorsed by this page.
Is there a quote about industry adapting slowly?
Yes: "Industry is extremely slow in readjusting itself to the manufacture of modern consumer goods."
Is there a quote linking slowness to perfection?
Yes: "Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time."

A closing line reframes slowness as the very mechanism of perfection, achieved only in degrees over time. Explore Great quotes or Down quotes for related themes.