Long Track Speed

Famous quotes containing the words long, track and/or speed:

“Inspector Clouseau: How long have you been a bellboy?
Bellboy: Too long, monsieur.
Inspector Clouseau: Keep up this good work and very soon I will see to it that you become a bellman.”
—Blake Edwards (b. 1922)

“The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Let us spend our lives in conceiving then. The poet or the artist never yet had so fair and noble a design but some of his posterity at least could accomplish it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“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)