Slow Quotes - page 8

Such beauty, he thought, was too perfect to have come about by mere chance. That day in the center of the Pacific was, to him, a gift crafted deliberately, compassionately, for him and Phil. Joyful and grateful in the midst of slow dying, the two men bathed in that day until sunset brought is, and their time in the doldrums, to an end. (Laura Hillenbrand)
Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness. View quote
B.K.S. Iyengar
Most days it feels as if the world is whirling around me and I am standing still. In slow motion, I watch the colors blur; people and faces all become a massive wash. View quote
Sarah Kay
I found out was, by the rhythm of my chewing, how I chewed fast, slow or what have you, I could tell the audience what my character was thinking and feeling. View quote
Rod Steiger
Their elegant shape, showy colors, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great that they form quite a feature in the physiognomy of the forest, compensating for the scarcity of flowers. View quote
Henry Walter Bates
Unless we do things in this country to slow down our population, slow down our birth control, provide better water for people, provide power for people, we're gonna find out that the next wars are not going to be fought over diamonds, gold and political things. View quote
Evel Knievel
Making my English better is a hard job, a slow job. But it's getting better. Three years ago it would have taken me a half hour to say this sentence. View quote
Goran Visnjic
You just noticed? You're slow... View quote
Tite Kubo
There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim. View quote
Billie Jean King
When things change a lot, some guys handle the change better than others, but that doesn't mean the guys that take longer to get the hang of things are suddenly slow drivers! View quote
Niki Lauda
I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm bad at it. I'm slow. Writing, which is an arduous and slow process, proceeds at the same rate as my sloth-like mind. (Gregory Maguire)
That's another thing, we made up games. We didn't have equipment. When it snowed, we would play slow motion tackle football. We would play hockey, but we wouldn't skate. We just made things up. I loved doing that. View quote
Mike Krzyzewski
I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups. View quote
Rooney Mara
I think that growth and spiritual awareness come in slow increments. Sometimes you don't know it's happening. View quote
Mariel Hemingway
Your as slow as a fat kid on crutches. View quote
P. C. Cast
Though my parents assured me over and over again that I wasn't stupid or slow, I sensed that my dyslexia was now a stigma on all of us. View quote
Carre Otis
Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down. View quote
Eli Wallach
I am dying: it's a beautiful word. Like the long slow sigh of the cello: dying. But the sound of it is the only beautiful thing about it. View quote
Sonya Hartnett
It occurred to me that I was unhappy. And it didn't feel so very terrible. No urgency, nothing. I could slip out of my life on a slow wave like this-it didn't matter. I don't have to be happy. All I have to do is hold on to something and wait. View quote
Helen Oyeyemi
In response to our fast-food culture, a 'slow food' movement appeared. Out of hurried parenthood, a move toward slow parenting could be growing. With vital government supports for state-of-the-art public child care and paid parental leave, maybe we would be ready to try slow love and marriage. View quote
Arlie Russell Hochschild
Slow growth and inflation have a tendency to accompany large deficits and increasing debt as a percentage of GDP. (Bill Gross)
So it's been a slow process and it's taken some patience. That's why patients are called patients I think - patience is required. View quote
Bowie Kuhn
It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was. View quote
Brian Setzer
Late bloomer' is another way of saying 'slow learner. View quote
Ben Fountain
Imagine if, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast residents had to wait on Democrats and Republicans to agree on cuts before receiving clean water or loans to rebuild. Congress' negotiations often come slow or not at all. View quote
Cedric Richmond