#slow

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude. ↗

— Ovid

#confidence #magnitude #people #slow #undertakings

Heavy pillars, carved from the rock, bear the roof. Slowly, one's eyes become accustomed to the dim light; then they can make out marvelous representations from Indian mythology carved on the walls. ↗

— Rudolf Otto

#bear #become #carved #dim #eyes

A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward. ↗

— Ovid

#punish #quick #reward #should #slow

I had to ride a horse once. In 'King Arthur.' I said I could ride, but I had to call for lessons on the day the deal was signed. I started out on this little chunky thing and slowly moved up. It was months of work. ↗

— Clive Owen

#call #could #day #deal #had

I turned down a lot of easier opportunities in order to go for the things that I really and ultimately wanted to do. And what's really nice is that it's starting to work. I've been an actor for coming up on 14 years now and the level of activity that's taking place now is a culmination of a slow cooker approach to as opposed to a microwave. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#actor #approach #been #coming #culmination

I recommend the art of slow reading. ↗

— Amos Oz

#i #reading #recommend #slow

Though men may be deep, mentally they are slow. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#may #men #mentally #slow #though

I was on the Oprah Winfrey Show once. It was a really slow news day for Oprah, and there were several of us on 'cause none of us was sufficiently interesting by his or herself. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#day #herself #his #i #interesting

Riding in advance, we passed over one of these great plains; we looked back and saw the line of scattered horsemen stretching for a mile or more; and far in the rear against the horizon, the white wagons creeping slowly along. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#against #along #back #creeping #far

The mistake I really learned from was in 2005, leading the Indianapolis 500. I had a decision whether or not to save enough fuel to finish the race - which meant slowing down - or going all-out for the win. I went conservative and saved enough fuel to go to the end but finished fourth. ↗

— Danica Patrick

#conservative #decision #down #end #enough