Leisurely Pace Quotes

I wake up around nine, drink a cup of coffee, answer some emails, and ease myself into the day.

If I have open time, and I'm in Manhattan, I'll just walk to wherever I'm going, even if I could get there faster on the subway. I just love walking the streets of New York.

i walk slowly, like one who comes from so far away he doesn't expect to arrive

When you're on a boat, you're going to little islands and stuff. It's not a partying kind of thing.

Finally from the crease of the ravine I am following, there begins to come the trickling and splashing of water. There is a great restfulness in the sounds these small streams make; they are going down as fast as they can, but their sound seem leisurely and idle, as if produced like gemstones with the greatest patience and care.

All traveling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity.

Baseball ought never be hurried. It is the only unhurried institution we have left, which is one reason, I think, we love it.

This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings.

I don't want to push myself and am happy doing one to two films a year.

It is a time of quiet joy, the sunny morning. When the glittery dew is on the mallow weeds, each leaf holds a jewel which is beautiful if not valuable. This is no time for hurry or for bustle. Thoughts are slow and deep and golden in the morning.

Walking takes longer... than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed.

I slow down when hiking. The rhythm of nature is more leisurely. The sun comes up, it moves across the sky, and you begin to synchronize to that rhythm.

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities.

Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.

The first lights of the evening were springing into pale existence. The Ferris wheel, pricked out now in lights, revolved leisurely through the dusk; a few empty cars of the roller coaster rattled overhead.

If it's a Sunday, I usually wake up by around 11-11:30 A. M.

We don't play slow and we don't play fast, we play half fast

I had a nice dinner. I let the evening unfold, flow. I like to sit in a chair with a wine glass. When I woke up, I thought, 'Why didn't I go to bed at 11?' I came back at 3 and went to bed at 5.

That's what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine.

In Australian culture, people are just more laid back, people aren't as serious, they just take their time with things. It's just like, whatever, if I don't get it done I don't get it done.

I just like to take my time, have a cup of tea and read the paper. I don't like starting the day in a panic.

Make time less precious. We are way too efficient, making use of every hour, every minute. When you were a kid, didn’t you just spend hours poking sticks in the mud, climbing trees and sitting in them, looking at shells and seaweed that washed up on the shoreline? Time was not precious then, we weren’t trying to stuff an accomplishment into every minute every day, we had time for thoughts and feelings. That was good!

Idling has always been my strong point.

Age hath its quiet calm, and youth enjoyeth not for haste.

In some European theaters, it's still not uncommon to have a late start and three LONG intermissions, because people actually eat and drink and converse during the intermissions.