Excessive Speed

Famous quotes containing the words excessive speed, excessive and/or speed:

    Excessive speed gets one nowhere.
    —Chinese proverb.

    Confucian Analects.

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

    Wait, Kate! You skate at such a rate
    You leave behind your skating mate.
    Your splendid speed won’t you abate?
    He’s lagging far behind you, Kate.
    David Daiches (b. 1912)