#speed

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. ↗

— James Thurber

#composition #curious #fast #getting #graphic

I could produce spurts of speed and after taking up athletics I found myself running quite quickly over 400m. ↗

— Michael East

#athletics #could #found #i #myself

Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#decrease #human #human population #increasingly #like

We always spend more time on the throwing events and a little bit more on the long jump. They're my weaker events - they don't come as naturally to me as running and jumping. I like the hurdles and the high-jump, I'm a springy, speedy athlete so those suit me. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#athlete #bit #come #events #hurdles

The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#complexity #consists #delicacy #evolution #formation

All the dialogue on tape, and we'd play the tape in performance. Then I thought it'd be interesting if the actor's repeated what they heard on the tape, but at a slower speed, so we'd get a web of language. ↗

— Richard Foreman

#dialogue #get #heard #i #interesting

There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#application #apply #brakes #car #democratic

The speed of light does not merely transform the world. It becomes the world. Globalization is the speed of light. ↗

— Paul Virilio

#does #globalization #light #merely #speed

The speed of communication, the speed of information transfer, the cheapness of communication, the ease of moving things around the world are a difference in kind as well as degree. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

#communication #degree #difference #ease #information

He's about as predictable as a Wasp on speed. ↗

— Sid Waddell

#predictable #speed #wasp