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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.

If it's a slow race you have to be on your guard. You have to be patient, but I prefer that.

Quotes by Michael East

My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.

Quotes by Michael Caine

Very often, you did something slow with your arm, for example, and something rapid with your feet - but the arm had to do something large against this - and this set up a kind of opposition.

Quotes by Merce Cunningham

Slow down and think about the lessons of the elders.

Quotes by Maya Soetoro-Ng

Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards.

Quotes by Max Weber

The bottom line is I'm a slow zombie guy - I'm always a slow zombie guy but I also know I'm in the minority.

Quotes by Max Brooks

Individuals fail to recognise how their perennial state of sleep deficiency has come to compromise their mental aptitude and physical vitality, including the slow accumulation of ill health.

Quotes by Matthew Walker

If there's anything I have learned since returning to Congress, it's that talk is still cheap, progress is still slow, and our liberties continue to erode every day.

Quotes by Matt Salmon

I am a very slow reader. I have to have things written in a pithy way.

Quotes by Matt Hancock

Death by starvation is slow.

Quotes by Mary Hunter Austin

A rule against paid fast lanes would encourage additional capacity; a rule permitting paid fast lanes would simply encourage cable companies to create congested slow lanes on the Internet so they could make money by selling fast lanes to big...

Quotes by Marvin Ammori

The Spaniards are slow in their motions but strong in their attachments.

Quotes by Marquis de Lafayette

When someone screams at me to hurry up, I slow down.

Quotes by Mario Lemieux

I suppose I could admire all these slow Seattle drivers for their safety-mindedness, consideration for others, and peace of mind. Instead, I'm a fury of annoyance.

Quotes by Maria Semple

We're in a tightening cycle and the reason is the economy is growing, there's no expectation that the global economy and the Polish economy as a consequence could slow down dramatically.

Quotes by Marek Belka

'Twin Peaks' was incredibly slow, methodic, taking shots that were uncomfortably long, with a lot of scenes where there was barely any dialogue. 'Riverdale' has a much faster pace.

Quotes by Madchen Amick

Coming from an R&B background, I was like, 'I'm gonna make slow jams.'

Quotes by Mabel

If genetic research doesn't seemed to have lived up to its therapeutic promise, it's because sequencing is just too slow and expensive.

Quotes by Luke Nosek

One of the things that launched the strength in biotech is when the pharmaceutical industry itself got a little slow.

Quotes by Louis Navellier

We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.

Quotes by Louis Nizer

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.