A boy told me if he roller-skated fast enough his loneliness couldn't catch up to him, the best reason I ever heard for trying to be a champion. What I wonder tonight pedaling hard down King William Street is if it translates to bicycles. A victory! ...
The spectacular thing about Johnny [von Neumann] was not his power as a mathematician, which was great, or his insight and his clarity, but his rapidity; he was very, very fast. And like the modern computer, which no longer bothers to retrieve the lo...
Fear tugs at me and I'm falling. I grab at the mattress, dig in with my fingers, flop onto my stomach, hold tight. Press my face into the pillow so hard it hurts. The quilt twists like it wants to smother me. I can't scream out loud, but there has to...
Sometimes, I think, that in the mornings when you first wake up, every thing that happened in the previous day rushes through our mind so fast, we, A: Don't realize it. B: Become more tired, die a little inside, and become groggy. Since everyday, we ...
The day we met, frozen I held my breath. Right from the start, I knew that I found the home for my heart beats fast. Colors and promises. How to be brave? How can I love, when i'm afraid to fall. But watching you stand alone,all of my doubts, suddenl...
Present global culture is a kind of arrogant newcomer. It arrives on the planetary stage following four and a half billion years of other acts, and after looking about for a few thousand years declares itself in possession of eternal truths. But in a...
Also, I’m not going to be devastated or anything either way. I’m not that kind of person. I just think if you don’t say the honest thing, sometimes the honest thing never becomes true, you know, and I—” she says, but then I hold up my finge...
Dr. Alan Grant: [seeing the dinosaurs for the first time] How fast are they? John Hammond: Well, we clocked the T-Rex at 32 miles an hour. Dr. Ellie Sattler: T-T-Rex? John Hammond: [nodding] Mm-hm. Dr. Ellie Sattler: You said you've got a T-Rex? John...
Cop663: [to new bar of soap] You mustn't let yourself go. You've gained weight so fast. She may have gone but life goes on. You must stop indulging yourself. Cop663: [to new towel] You're a real disappointment to me. You've changed so much. You can't...
Dory: Excuse me? Whoo-hoo! Little fella? Hello! Don't be rude. Say hi. Marlin: Ha. Hello. Dory: His son Bingo... Marlin: Nemo. Dory: ...Nemo was taken to, um... Marlin: Sydney Dory: ...Sydney, yeah. And it's really, really important that we get there...
Yuri Orlov: [voiceover] I'm not saying I didn't have setbacks. It's not called "gunrunning" for nothing. You've gotta be fast on your feet. Some revolutions blow over before the guns even get there. There's nothing more expensive for an arms dealer t...
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: She's getting pretty good. Frankie Dunn: Yeah, real fast. It's almost as if someone's been helping her. Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: Oh, I don't know. She might just be a natural. Looks like she's got something. Frankie Dunn: She...
Jimmy Serrano: I thought you said this guy was gonna be on the plane. Tony Darvo: That's the information we got. Jimmy Serrano: "That's the information we got." I'm gonna tell you something. I want this guy taken out, and I want him taken out fast. Y...
Buttercup: Oh, Wesley, will you ever forgive me? Westley: What hideous sin have you committed lately? Buttercup: I got married. I didn't want to - it all happened so fast. Westley: Never happened. Buttercup: What? Westley: Never happened. Buttercup: ...
Inigo Montoya: You are sure nobody's follow us? Vizzini: As I told you, it would be absolutely, totally, and in all other ways inconceivable. No one in Guilder knows what we've done, and no one in Florin could have gotten here so fast. Out of curiosi...
Glen: Say that reminds me, how'd you get that kid so darn fast? Me and Dot went in to adopt on account a' somethin' went wrong with my semen, and they said we had to wait five years for a healthy white baby. I said, "Healthy white baby? Five years? W...
Dutch Engstrom: What's our next move? Pike Bishop: Well, I figure Agua Verde's the closest... three days maybe. Then get the news and drift back to the border. Maybe a payroll, maybe a bank. Dutch Engstrom: Maybe that damn railroad. Tector Gorch: Tha...
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Are you ready? Igor: Are you sure this is how they did it? Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Yes! It's all written down in the notes! Now tie off the kites and hurry down as fast as you can! Igor: What's the hurry? Dr. Frederick...
Supervisor: Hey! You gotta get him outta there, fast! Roberto: Ten thousand! Supervisor: Lira? Roberto: Dollars! Supervisor: Hey, wait a minute! You guys aren't gonna try to hold me up at a time like this? Enzo: Okay, you tell me. How much would you ...
He came through the door howling, an axe arched high over his head. His eyes danced in madness, stuck fast on the two of them kissing, caught in their embrace and unaware of him. For a moment they went on, oblivious, untouched by the madman soon to c...
I was a really good waitress. Waitressing takes a certain gusto. You need a good memory and an ability to connect with people fast. You have to learn how to treat the kitchen as well as you treat the customers. You have to figure out which crazy peop...
