Slowness Quotations

The confidence of our nation was shaken by the slowness and inadequacy of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, ... a concerted effort to make certain that the tax dollars we appropriate actually help the victims and does not generate quick profits to big contractors.

The biggest disappointment was our slowness in the first period. We did not play with continuity, while Providence played sound defensively.

It can be dismaying, all the same, for a novelist to compare the slowness of the writing with the speed of the reading. Novels are read in a matter of days, even hours. A writer may labor for weeks over a particular passage that will have its effect on a reader for an instant - and that effect may be subliminal or barely noticed.

There's a virtue in slowness, which we have lost

Size is often accompanied with a lack of focus and a slowness that results in losing touch with what the customers really need.

At the touch of mankind, things wear away with heartbreaking slowness.

People are very frustrated when they see the slowness of the response (to the hurricane). People figure they can give a gift very quickly. The slowness of the response is part of what triggered this outpouring of donations.

Those who are slow to know suppose that slowness is the essence of knowledge.

Haste is of the devil. Slowness is of God.

You don't have to work for Google, or any of the other firms encouraging staff to pursue personal projects on company time, to use slowness to unlock your creativity. Anyone can do it. Start by clearing space in your schedule for rest, daydreaming and serendipity. Take breaks away from your desk, especially when you get stuck on a problem.