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Speed Quotes (page 4)

Historical fact: people stopped being human in 1913. That was the year Henry Ford put his cars on rollers and made his workers adopt the speed of the assembly line. At first, workers rebelled. They quit in droves, unable to accustom their bodies to the new pace of the age. Since then, however, the adaptation has been passed down: we've all inherited it to some degree, so that we plug right into joysticks and remotes, to repetitive motions of a hundred kinds. Jeffrey Eugenides
Salander assessed the situation and saw that it was anything but under control. Her brain was working at high speed. Click, click, click. Steig Larsson
It soared, a bird, it held its flight, a swift pure cry, soar silver orb it leaped serene, speeding, sustained, to come, don't spin it out too long long breath he breath long life, soaring high, high resplendent, aflame, crowned, high in the effulgence symbolistic, high, of the ethereal bosom, high, of the high vast irradiation everywhere all soaring all around about the all, the endlessnessnessness... James Joyce
We ordinary people might lack your great speed or your X-Ray vision, Superman, but never underestimate the power of the human mind. We carry the most dangerous weapon on Earth inside these thick skulls of ours. Mark Millar
Terry Prachett quote: "That's the fashion. Fast as the speed of light, they say. Ha!..."
That's the fashion. Fast as the speed of light, they say. Ha! It's got no soul, sir, no heart. Terry Prachett
There was no discussion between them; it was as if the bugs had worked out this whole scenario long ago. Temp put on a burst of speed for the end of the bridge, and Tick turned to face down the army of rats alone. Suzanne Collins
Lawrence immediately saw that it was a trick question. You would have to be some kind of idiot to make the facile assumption that the current would add or subtract 5 miles per hour to or from the speed of the boat. Neal Stephenson
James Joyce quote: "It soared, a bird, it held its flight, a swift pure cry, soar..."
It soared, a bird, it held its flight, a swift pure cry, soar silver orb it leaped serene, speeding, sustained... James Joyce
All the speed he took, all the turns he'd taken and the corners he'd cut in Night City, and still he'd see the matrix in his sleep, bright lattices of logic unfolding across that colorless void... William Gibson
Douglas Adams quote: "Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the..."
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. Douglas Adams
The story was clearly over, as in juggling when the ball you throw up finds the moment to come down, hesitates as if it might not, and then drops at the same speed of that celestial light. And life is no longer good but just what you happen to be holding. E. L. Doctorow
What we’ve got here is a lunatic genius ghost-in-the-computer monorail that likes riddles and goes faster than the speed of sound. Welcome to the fantasy version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Stephen King
Everybody seems to think I'm lazy. I don't mind, I think they're crazy. Running everywhere at such a speed. Till they find there's no need. John Lennon
James Patterson quote: "I only have two speeds. Hostile and Smart-Aleck. Your choice"
I only have two speeds. Hostile and Smart-Aleck. Your choice James Patterson
A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks, but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan. Pam Brown

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