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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.

You don't want to be a one-trick pony. On a lot of Smiths songs, I used a pick or a plectrum, and for some of the slow songs, I used my thumbs and my fingers. That's why I love the...

Quotes by Andy Rourke

Patrick and Joe were so young when we started the band. As slow as it was, with all the touring and crappy clubs we played, we still never had time to stop and reflect. When we took a break, it...

Quotes by Andy Hurley

I was surprised at how slow Froch was. We were able to beat him to the punch.

Quotes by Andre Ward

The last week before a fight always goes really slow.

Quotes by Amir Khan

Russia was the last to leave the 19th century and the most rapid to enter the mandates of the 20th century. It was not an evolution. It was not a slow process.

Quotes by Amor Towles

I recommend the art of slow reading.

Quotes by Amos Oz

It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment.

Quotes by Amanda Lindhout

It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems.

Quotes by Amanda Lindhout

I've worked really hard to get to where I am. Slow and steady wins the race, and I believe in paying your dues.

Quotes by Amanda Bynes

Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way.

Quotes by Alvin Dark

In a very slow way, I found my path. Even now, I think, 'If I can't do it my way, I'd rather not do it.'

Quotes by Alison Goldfrapp

We learn differently as children than as adults. For grown-ups, learning a new skill is painful, attention-demanding, and slow. Children learn unconsciously and effortlessly.

Quotes by Alison Gopnik

While planting woodlands along rivers has been shown to work in small areas, it has been unclear whether it would be effective on a larger scale. But computer modelling indicates that restoring forests on floodplains could slow floodwaters and reduce...

Quotes by Alice Roberts

The Yas Marina circuit is really pretty impressive. The track itself has some quite slow corners and not a great deal of overtaking opportunities, but it seems to combine a road course with a circuit course.

Quotes by Alexander Rossi

Cable boxes are, almost without exception, awful. They're under-powered computers running very badly designed software. Their channel guides are slow, poorly laid out, and usually riddled with ads.

Quotes by Alex Pareene

If you're climbing big routes that'll take you 16 hours, or, like, El Capitan, you have to take something like a big, robust sandwich. Climbing isn't like running or triathlons, where you have to constantly be eating blocks, gels, and...

Quotes by Alex Honnold

The only urgency I feel is to keep on, at a slow pace, with my journey.

Quotes by Alessandro Michele

I'm really slow.

Quotes by Alex Bregman

I picked up the Puerto Rican accent from my father, and my sister picked up my mother's very clear, concise, and slow Mexican-Spanish. So, when she does speak, she speaks with diction. She pronounces every word.

Quotes by Alanna Ubach

Let us be kind to one another and be slow to anger.

Quotes by Alaska

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.