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Zombies are always moving fast in video games. It makes sense if you think about it. Those games are all about hand-eye coordination and how quickly can you get them before they get you.
George A. Romero
Moving
,
Before
,
Sense
I draft quickly and then revise, a lot.
Erin Morgenstern
Draft
,
Revise
I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but I quickly announced, innocently but very ambitiously, that I wanted to be, I was going to be, a foreign correspondent.
Christiane Amanpour
Wanted
,
Tea
,
Boy
Not long after I published my first book, I quickly found I was terrible at being interviewed.
Tom Wolfe
Long
,
Book
,
After
Nashville is a lot like my hometown. You learn so quickly once someone hears something about you or sees something, everybody talks about it at dinner. They know your business, so people tend to be more private and not to throw themselves into everyone's faces.
Garrett Hedlund
Business
,
Someone
,
Learn
When we talk about safety and security of the American people, politics falls aside pretty quickly.
Bill Frist
Politics
,
Pretty
,
Talk
The sport of competitive memorizing is driven by a kind of arms race where every year somebody comes up with a new way to remember more stuff more quickly, and then the rest of the field has to play catch-up.
Joshua Foer
Remember
,
Play
,
Year
Many memory techniques involve creating unforgettable imagery, in your mind's eye. That's an act of imagination. Creating really weird imagery really quickly was the most fun part of my training to compete in the U.S. Memory Competition.
Joshua Foer
Fun
,
Mind
,
Training
What distinguishes a great mnemonist, I learned, is the ability to create lavish images on the fly, to paint in the mind a scene so unlike any other it cannot be forgotten. And to do it quickly. Many competitive mnemonists argue that their skills are less a feat of memory than of creativity.
Joshua Foer
Great
,
Mind
,
Learned
You want to enjoy life, don't you? If you get your job done quickly and your job is fun, that's good isn't it? That's the purpose of life, partly. Your life is better.
Yukihiro Matsumoto
Life
,
Good
,
Fun
Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own.
Irwin Shaw
Work
,
Writing
,
Find
People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly.
Irwin Shaw
Down
,
Dark
,
Light
School districts in the US don't adopt technology very quickly.
Reed Hastings
Technology
,
School
,
Adopt
I couldn't have come up with a better metaphor for my life and my internal conflict. It amazes me how quickly we can manifest our fears; not only had I created my 'I'm never satisfied, I'll drive her away' nightmare.
Kenny Loggins
Life
,
Away
,
Her
Say to all small and great, and that often, that fully, quickly and willingly, without grumbling and contradiction, they do all your commands that are not against God.
Robert Grosseteste
Great
,
God
,
Small
I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2001 before I had cleaned up.
Graham Coxon
Before
,
Guitar
,
Lovely
I've realized why I don't tell the truth in interviews. It's because they're printed months later, and you change so quickly - you have new thoughts, new everything - so people are reading an old version of you.
Nicholas Hoult
Change
,
Truth
,
Everything
If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.
Candace Bushnell
Women
,
Dating
,
Yourself
I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots.
James Cameron
Design
,
Moving
,
Made
Some day, someone will do something wrong and there will be a scandal to report in the paper. When that happens, we will address it honestly and openly and try to deal with it as quickly and as fairly as we can, and keep moving the city forward.
John Hickenlooper
Forward
,
Moving
,
Someone
Theater dates very quickly.
Fiona Shaw
Theater
,
Dates
Modern life has gotten so strange, we all get 150 emails and text messages a day, and it's hard when things are moving that quickly to keep that sense of wonder about being alive.
Brit Marling
Life
,
Moving
,
Hard
A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe; a space not to dwell in, but to get over as quickly as possible.
Jean Giraudoux
Universe
,
Possible
,
Golf
It's amazing how quickly people on the internet can pick something up, but it's also amazing how quickly they can drop it.
Tim Berners Lee
Amazing
,
Internet
,
Pick
Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly.
Ivan Turgenev
Time
,
Happy
,
Human
It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously used to it, but I'm willing to learn quickly and work hard.
Kate Middleton
Work
,
Hard
,
Learn
The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly.
Trey Anastasio
Music
,
Fast
,
Changed
When you live with the Devil you learn there's a God very quickly.
Sinead O'Connor
God
,
Live
,
Learn
We pass now quickly from each other's sight; but I know full well that where beyond these passing scenes you shall be, there will be Heaven.
Joshua Chamberlain
Heaven
,
Full
,
Shall
You can look at the West Bank. Cities are like prisons. They can be closed quickly by the Israeli forces, and everything stops in these cities. This is the result of Oslo.
Hassan Nasrallah
Everything
,
Result
,
Forces
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