#speed

My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#ambition #been #boxing #defense #gibbons

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring. ↗

— Peter De Vries

#been #end #god #hope #kind

In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion. ↗

— Frances E. Willard

#express #externals #fashion #lightening #lumber

I don't feel like my speed or my power or my desire to play this game has diminished at all. ↗

— Ricky Williams

#diminished #feel #game #i #like

I've sequenced the questions for maximum speed of elimination,’ I explained. ‘I believe I can eliminate most women in less than forty seconds. Then you can choose the topic of discussion for the remaining time.’ ‘But then it won’t matter,’ said Frances. ‘I’ll have been eliminated.’ ‘Only as a potential partner. We may still be able to have an interesting discussion.’ ‘But I’ll have been eliminated.’ I nodded. ‘Do you smoke?’ ‘Occasionally,’ she said. I put the questionnaire away. ‘Excellent.’ I was pleased that my question sequencing was working so well. We could have wasted time talking about ice-cream flavours and make-up only to find that she smoked. Needless to say, smoking was not negotiable. ‘No more questions. What would you like to discuss? ↗

— Graeme Simsion

#don-tillman #graeme-simsion #romance #speed-dating #the-rosie-project

He dodged remarkably fast for a melancholy introvert. ↗

— Lisa Mantchev

#humor #speedy #humor

Two such as you with such a master speed Cannot be parted nor be swept away From one another once you are agreed That life is only life forevermore Together wing to wing and oar to oar ↗

— Robert Frost

#poetry #robert-frost #life

It is a mistake to think that moving fast is the same as actually going somewhere. ↗

— Steve Goodier

#direction #life #living #speed #life

There is only as much space, only as much time, Only as much desire, only as many words, Only as many pages, only as much ink To accept all of us at light-speed Hurrying into the Promised Land Of oblivion that is waiting for us sooner or later. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#desire #ink #light-speed #literature #literature-quotes

To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#best #focusing #hitting #hours #lifting