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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.

Slow food, free-range, no steroids, eat local, and natural winemaking are all part of a general yearning for simpler times. But the fact is that most winemakers these days, big and small, have drastically lessened the use of chemicals in...

Quotes by Roger Morris

I was indeed very slow as a youngster.

Quotes by Roger Penrose

If you slow things down, you notice things you hadn't seen before.

Quotes by Robert Wilson

My theater is slow and calm, yet my life is fast and hectic, going in all directions.

Quotes by Robert Wilson

The problem with Microsoft is that it's so committee-driven and slow.

Quotes by Robert Scoble

GPS is expensive because it is a very slow communication channel - you need to communicate with three or four satellites for an extended duration at 50 bits per second.

Quotes by Robert Love

The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.

Quotes by Robert M. Hutchins

Slow and steady wins the race.

Quotes by Robert Lloyd

It's unfortunate that all business gets painted as wanting to oppose the environment and slow change.

Quotes by Robert J. Fisher

I'm slow on the uptake about things. I didn't understand that the first Wu Tang album was great when I first heard it.

Quotes by Robert Christgau

I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.

Quotes by Robert Benchley

I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called 'slow'. It's an awful feeling to think of yourself as 'slow' - it's horrible.

Quotes by Robert Benton

It's a very slow process - two steps forward, one step back - but I'm inching in the right direction.

Quotes by Rob Reiner

I don't feel like I've nearly got to the place where I'm ready to even slow down.

Quotes by Ricky Skaggs

It's harder to score well in a slow round. The tendency is to overthink shots while you're waiting and become mentally exhausted. Instead, chat with your playing partners about anything but golf. Concentrate on each shot for no more than...

Quotes by Rickie Fowler

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

Quotes by Richard Steele

Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower.

Quotes by Richard Rogers

There are no shortcuts to victory. We must commit ourselves to the slow, painstaking work of foreign policy day by day and year by year.

Quotes by Richard Lugar

The labourer's muscle is that of a cart-horse, his motions lumbering and slow.

Quotes by Richard Jefferies

I know from my own experience that lawsuits can be a very slow, wasteful, and needlessly acrimonious way to resolve a problem.

Quotes by Richard Cordray

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.