“I am a patriot, and I protest speed limits by exceeding them.”
Christopher Titus (1964) actor, writer, podcaster
Neverlution (2011)
“I am a patriot, and I protest speed limits by exceeding them.”
Christopher Titus (1964) actor, writer, podcaster
Neverlution (2011)
“I am not the one trying to speed things up. We are being driven.”
Helmut Kohl (1930–2017) former chancellor of West Germany (1982-1990) and then the united Germany (1990-1998)
On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. The idea of German reunification, often discussed but considered unrealistic, once again became a subject of heated debate. Reunification now appeared inevitable, but scarcely anyone ventured to prophesy how soon it would come. German chancellor Helmut Kohl remarked those words when was accused of pushing unification plans too fast.
Awake! magazine, 12 - 22 - 1991; in its article The Dream of European Unity.
Frankie Boyle (1972) Scottish comedian
Mock the Week
“But the speed was power, and the speed was joy, and the speed was pure beauty.”
Richard Bach book Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970)
William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008) American conservative author and commentator
I couldn't think of anyone.
"On Writing Speedily", first published in The New York Times Book Review (1986); republished in Miles Gone By : A Literary Autobiography (2004), p. 405.
Vittorio Leonardi (1977) South African stand-up comedian and actor
Quoted in Helen Herimbi, "Comedy shows are laughing off the recession," http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=356&fArticleId=4870371 Tonight (2009-03-03)
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American judge
First Iowa Coop. v. Power Comm'n., 328 U.S. 152, 188 (1946).
Judicial opinions
“I have a gift for inventing fantasies with extraordinary speed.”
Paulo Coelho book Adultery
Source: Adultery