Excessive Speed

Famous quotes containing the words excessive and/or speed:

“Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)

“For myself and my loved ones, I want the heat, which comes at the speed of light. I don’t want to have to hang about for the blast, which idles along at the speed of sound.”
—Martin Amis (b. 1949)