Long Track Speed

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

    “Fu’ I t’ink de las’ long res’
    Gwine to soothe my sperrit bes’
    If I’s layin’ ‘mong de t’ings I’s allus knowed.”
    —Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)

    “Away went the messenger’s bicycle,
    His serpent’s track went up the hill forever.
    And all the time she stood there hot as fever
    And cold as any icicle.”
    —John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

    “The correct rate of speed in innovating changes in long-standing social customs has not yet been determined by even the most expert of the experts. Personally I am beginning to think there is more danger in lagging than in speeding up cultural change to keep pace with mechanical change.”
    —Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)