A Quote by Germaine Greer

Act quickly, think slowly.

Germaine Greer

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Germaine Greer
Australian - Activist
Born: January 29, 1939

The essence of intelligence would seem to be in knowing when to think and act quickly, and knowing when to think and act slowly.

Robert Sternberg

You have to think and act quickly. You have to quickly come up with a solution to beat a player, because most of the time, you are in a one-v-one.

Philippe Coutinho

I do not mind if you think slowly, but I do object when you publish more quickly than you think.

Wolfgang Paul

Just go to bed, now. Quickly. Quickly and slowly.

J. D. Salinger

I think good ideas are usually better done quickly than slowly.

Steve Ballmer

Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.

Napoleon Hill

Successful people make their decisions quickly and change their minds slowly. Failures make their decisions slowly and change their minds quickly.

Andy Andrews

There is so little time for us all, I need to be able to say what I want quickly and to as many people as possible. Time passes so slowly if you are unaware of it and so quickly if you are aware of it.

Marc Bolan

Deep practice feels a bit like exploring a dark and unfamiliar room. You start slowly, you bump into furniture, stop, think, and start again. Slowly, and a little painfully, you explore the space over and over, attending to errors, extending your reach into the room a bit farther each time, building a mental map until you can move through it quickly and intuitively.

Daniel Coyle

Of course there is sometimes a price to pay. While I was busy painting, not only was my light dissipating quickly, but the fog had crept in slowly at the same time. When I lifted my eyes from the panel, I realized that I had better get a move on - and quickly.

Cory Trepanier

No, no," said Taran slowly, "It would be folly to think of attacking them." He smiled quickly at Fflewddur. "The bards would sing of us," he admitted, "but we'd be in no position to appreciate it.

Lloyd Alexander

The thinking of the world leads us to think shallowly and act too quickly.

Marianne Williamson

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. I can write more quickly than I can read.

John Irving

I do read very, very quickly. I do process data very quickly. And so I write very quickly. And it is embarrassing because there is a conception that the things that you do quickly are not done well. I think that's probably one of the reasons I don't like the idea of prolific.

Jackie French

Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.

Alice Walker

Hope is slowly extinguished and quickly revived.

Sophia Lee

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