Fast Quotes

“I always work with the tempo of the energy of the character, whether he's fast or slow, or heavy or light.”

“Life is so fast. And I still remember when I came up to the big leagues and played as if it were yesterday. Time flies.”

“[With comedy and wanting to make people laugh,] when you're a child, all you want is ANY kind of laugh. You get them to laugh, and great! - you've succeeded. And then it's "How FAST can I get them to laugh?" "How LONG can I get them to laugh?", "How HARD can I get them to laugh?". And then it becomes: "Can I laugh at something that makes them uncomfortable?", "Can I get them to laugh at something that challenges their beliefs?”

“We don't want people working in fast-food stands. We want them back in the steel mills.”

“'Star Trek' is the McDonald's of science fiction; it's fast food storytelling. Every problem is like every other problem. They all get solved in an hour. Nobody ever gets hurt, and nobody needs to care. You give up an hour of your time, and you don't really have to get involved. It's all plastic.”

“Because she did not look behind, September did not see the smoky-glass casket close itself primly up again. She did not see it bend in half until it cracked, and Death hop up again, quite well, quite awake, and quite small once more. She certainly did not see Death stand on her tiptoes and blow a kiss after her, a kiss that rushed through all the frosted leaves of the autumnal forest, but could not quite catch a child running as fast as she could. As all mothers know, children travel faster than kisses. The speed of kisses is, in fact, what Doctor Fallow would call a cosmic constant. The speed of children has no limits.”

“Speed is vital. You got to strike fast. Fads have short lives, and you got to get what you can - like the case of the Pet Rock.”

“Great fast bowlers don't have to worry about whether the track is flat or green. They'll find a way to get wickets.”

“You must be fast enough - you must have endurance. So you run fast for speed and repeat it many times for endurance.”

“Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.”