Fast Quotes - page 5

Yeah and it's over before you know it. It all goes by so fast. Yeah, the bad nights last forever, And the good nights don't ever seem to last. (Tom Petty)
Things have to be done fast in America, and therefore therapy has to be brief. View quote
Gregory Bateson
Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight 's past. View quote
Thomas Moore
But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last. View quote
Thomas Moore
God's own hand Holds fast all issues of our deeds: with him The end of all our ends is, but with us Our ends are, just or unjust: though our works Find righteous or unrighteous judgment, this At least is ours, to make them righteous. Go. View quote
Algernon Charles Swinburne
He that holds fast the golden mean,And lives contently betweenThe little and the great,Feels not the wants that pinch the poor,Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door. View quote
William Cowper
Toll for the brave, The brave that are no more All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore. View quote
William Cowper
Let it be our endeavour, let it be our task, to keep alight the torch of imperial patriotism, to hold fast the affection and the confidence of our kinsmen across the seas; so that in every vicissitude of fortune the British Empire may present an unbroken front to all her foes, and may carry on even to distant ages the glorious traditions of the British flag. View quote
Joseph Chamberlain
There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important to me and when I am recording a bass track, that is still very important to me. View quote
Geddy Lee
Adieu! 'tis love's last greeting, The parting hour is come! And fast thy soul is fleeting To seek its starry home. View quote
Pierre-Jean de Béranger
I tried practicing for a few weeks and ended up playing too fast. (Paul Desmond)
Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. View quote
George Orwell
It is remarkable how fast and how effectively you can construct a nationality with a flag, a few speeches, and a national anthem; to this day I avoid the label "Lebanese," preferring the less restrictive "Levantine" designation. View quote
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A competitive athlete is painful to look at; trying hard to become an animal rather than a man, he will never be as fast as a cheetah or as strong as an ox. View quote
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
First, do it. Second, do it well. Third, do it well and fast - that means you're a professional. View quote
David Belle
The fears of recession in the aftermath of Black Monday have turned to fears of the economy racing ahead too fast, with inflation edging up and a substantial current account deficit...people understandably feel more confident about their future than they've done for decades, but as a result they have been borrowing more and saving less...coming on top of a massive income investment boom, it's all been just a bit too much of a good thing. View quote
Nigel Lawson
We have no idea where the world is going, except that it's going there very fast. View quote
Jonathan Sacks
It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out fast. View quote
Julie Burchill
Humans are not as unsophisticated as mulch wrigglers, they can see the writing on the wall. Is it any surprise, that among the ones who look outward, the real debate is not over whether to run, but over how far and how fast? View quote
Charles Stross
Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future. View quote
Ulysses S. Grant
Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why. (Eddie Cantor)
Youth, however, is a defect that she is fast getting away from and may perhaps be entirely rid of before I shall want her. View quote
Rutherford B. Hayes
Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough. View quote
Mark Zuckerberg
No matter how fast a lie runs, the truth will someday overtake it. View quote
T. B. Joshua
Now, here you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that. View quote
Lewis Carroll