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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.

It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process.

Quotes by Stephen Gardiner

With genetic engineering, we will be able to increase the complexity of our DNA, and improve the human race. But it will be a slow process, because one will have to wait about 18 years to see the effect of...

Quotes by Stephen Hawking

My music wasn't accessible. I used to make music that was slow.

Quotes by Sophie Hawley-Weld

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Socrates

Our oil problems are only going to get worse. Our trade balance is only going to get worse. So we have to slow the growth of U.S. oil consumption, particularly imported oil consumption.

Quotes by Sherwood Boehlert

A tweet is fast. But everything about policy change is very slow. And a lot of us are impatient.

Quotes by Shaun King

Slow business is an interesting area because it's taking into consideration the reality that we have to make a living.

Quotes by Severn Cullis-Suzuki

I like my zombies slow and I like my zombies stupid.

Quotes by Seth Grahame-Smith

The biggest fear that I see is that we will be left behind. We are a very slow industry; for us to make a decision takes forever. Take Tesla: Elon moves at the speed of a rocket.

Quotes by Sergio Marchionne

I've never used a foam pit or an air bag before. I learned my tricks over time, and double corks have been a slow transition in my pipe riding.

Quotes by Scotty Lago

You might expect gravity would slow it down, but it's just expanding faster and faster.

Quotes by Saul Perlmutter

I guess the only trouble was that George was very slow in getting around to proposing. Several times, I almost proposed to him.

Quotes by Sarah Vaughan

When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film.

Quotes by Sanaa Lathan

I wanted to stay on a career path of the likes of Natalie Portman. I didn't want to be pigeonholed into a certain genre. I sort of believe that slow and steady wins the race.

Quotes by Sami Gayle

If you can slow the biological process of aging, even a minor slowdown in the rate at which we age yields improvements in virtually every condition of frailty and disability and mortality that we see at later ages.

Quotes by S. Jay Olshansky

The field of ageing research is full of characters. We have hucksters claiming that cures for ageing can be bought and sold; prophetic seers, their hands extended for money, warning that immortality is nigh; and would-be Nobelists working methodically in...

Quotes by S. Jay Olshansky

I was small but slow as a college tackle.

Quotes by S. Robson Walton

I don't mind which wicket you play on - wet, dry, slow, or fast. I just want to play cricket.

Quotes by S. Sreesanth

The Egyptian Nile, though it does have its own particular hazards, is subject to none of what I find in Rhode Island. Since the Aswan High Dam was built in 1973, the Nile has become something of a grand canal....

Quotes by Rosemary Mahoney

He must be lightning slow.

Quotes by Ron Atkinson

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.