My theories explain, but cannot slow the decline of a great civilization. I set out to be a reformer, but only became the historian of decline.
Reforms are slow, but they never go backward.
If we contrast the rapid progress of this mischievous discovery [gunpowder] with the slow and laborious advances of reason, science, and the arts of peace, a philosopher, according to his temper, will laugh or weep at the folly of mankind.
It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be.
If we could allow the pace of our meetings to slow down to the pace of our hearts, we might find genuine understanding.
History is too slow for our life, for our hearts.
A new study says that working fewer hours can slow global warming. So you know what that means? President Obama's economic policy is also his climate change policy.
When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.
10 years ago the black man knew what his condition was. And today, because of the world revolution that's taking place all over this earth, the black man would be fighting for what he knows is his by right, but the movement on the part of [Martin Luther] King and the others had done nothing but slow down the militancy that is inherent in the nature of the black man.
You don't burn out from going too fast. You burn out from going too slow and getting bored.
When I was young and ocean-racing competitively, and working the rest of the time, I was going 24 hours. I was on the verge of collapsing. But you've got to slow down a bit.
The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow down in the growth rate of net climate forcing.
Life is death in slow motion.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
When you dance tango fast, you have to think slow.
If you have your health, if you have people in your life to love, you are blessed. Slow down and enjoy the simple things in life.
Who quick be to borrow and slow be to pay, their credit is naught, go they ever so gay.
What I really want to do is produce. There isn’t much patience with a slow developing story line anymore.
I'm a sappy romantic. I don't kiss until the 40th date. I really like to take it slow. I'll present you with a piñata with my hopes and dreams.
Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end.