Short Track Speed

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

    “Makin’ a long stay short is a great aid t’ popularity.”
    —Kin Hubbard (F. [Frank] Mckinney Hubbard)

    “What joy when the insouciant
    armadillo glances at us and doesn’t
    quicken his trotting
    across the track into the palm brush.
    What is this joy? That no animal
    falters, but knows what it must do?”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “Life is too short to waste
    In critic peep or cynic bark,
    Quarrel or reprimand:
    ‘Twill soon be dark;
    Up, heed thine own aim, and
    God speed the mark!”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)