#slow

As my men could profitably employ themselves on these streams, I moved slowly along, averaging not more than five or six miles per day and sometimes remained two days at the same encampment. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#averaging #could #day #days #employ

The earth is ready, the time is ripe, for the authoritative expression of the feminine as well as the masculine interpretation of that common social consensus which is slowly writing justice in the State and fraternity in the social order. ↗

— Anna Garlin Spencer

#common #consensus #earth #expression #feminine

I don't mind a crowd's not laughing; it's the groans that slow down the show. ↗

— Dave Attell

#down #groans #i #laughing #mind

All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago there were no such thing as environmental policies. ↗

— David Attenborough

#environmental #going #hope #i #i can

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. ↗

— Dave Barry

#being #consumed #geographically #ireland #island

You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow up. Your legs are so tired that you are in fact slowing. If you don't keep running, keep your blood circulating, the muscles stop pumping the blood back and you get dizzy. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#back #blood #certain #circulating #dizzy

I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#getting #i #old #really #retired

To the contrary, when you look at projections, both Polish and international, we can expect some slowing down of the rate of growth in the coming year, 2012. But of course these are projections. ↗

— Marek Belka

#coming #contrary #course #down #expect

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#become #compassion #judgment #mother #slowly

My recovery, though slower than hoped for, is nevertheless assured. ↗

— Frederick William Borden

#hoped #nevertheless #recovery #slower #than