#speed

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

If there is a small rocket on top of a big one, and if the big one is jettisoned and the small one is ignited, then their speeds are added. ↗

— Hermann Oberth

#big #rocket #small #speeds #their

Jazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops serve a different function in jazz. ↗

— Marc Ribot

#chops #different #function #great #great achievements

I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can. ↗

— William H. Seward

#because #britain #consideration #due #european

When friends asked me, Can we help? I'd say, Not unless you can alter time, speed up the harvest or teleport me off this rock. I used that line from Star Wars. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#asked #friends #harvest #help #i

It takes me time to realize things; I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker. ↗

— Julie Christie

#me #person #realize #slow #speedy

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#character #force #great #great things #judgment

Nuclear fusion of light elements like hydrogen or helium would permit approaching the speed of light. It seems very attractive to refuel your space ships where the fuel is. ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#attractive #elements #fuel #fusion #helium

Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of our ability to travel in space using chemical rockets. To achieve anything near the speed of light we will need a new energy source and a new propellant. Nuclear fission is not an option. ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#about #achieve #agree #anything #chemical