Short Track Speed

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

“The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)

“I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say—I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.”
—Harriet Tubman (1821–1913)

“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)