Carolyn Wells Quotes

I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.

I was out of my bed in one second, trembling with excitement, and I dashed to the door and into the adjoining room, where I could watch the streets below from the windows.

Delay is not our friend. Delay is our enemy.

Dan was heading for the blue car in the driveway. He tossed Amy the car keys. "Don't drive like you! Make it fast!

I shoved on a dressing-gown, and flew downstairs like a mighty, rushing wind.

Act now. Act with speed.

You've got to make haste while it's still light of day.

When your dawn theater sounds to clear your sinuses: don't delay. Jump. Those voices may be gone before you hit the shower to align your wits. Speed is everything. The 90-mph dash to your machine is a sure cure for life rampant and death most real. Make haste to live. Oh, God, yes. Live. And write. With great haste.

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.

We have not the time to take our time.

There's no time to waste. Every day, there needs to be movement on something.

I always just want to move along to the next step.

You know, I'm not in a hurry, and everybody else in Hollywood - particularly agents and managers - they're all in a hurry.

I can't do anything in a minute.

Life is too short. I don't have time to speak slowly.

Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.

Impatience is a virtue.

I've always wanted to do things as fast as possible.

'RPM' is basically about my pace in life, and I think a lot of people can relate to that. Our video is going to involve a really nice car with some fast driving. It's going to be really cool. I'm excited for people to see it!

Whenever I have to do something, I try to minimise the time it takes me to do it. I just cannot wait.

I walk fast. I have an aversion to wasting time. My sense of constant motion is one of the reasons that my eldest daughter, Amy, nicknamed me 'the Tasmanian Devil' when she was in her teens.

Not a moment longer!

Action! Action! Action!

Don't be so foolish as to ask for more time: calamities will not wait.

There is no time for normal General Staff procedure. Speed is essential and your efforts should be informal.