David Foster Wallace Quotes

Almost before the big motor-car stopped, the girl sprang out.

He had been so busy getting away from the library, he hadn't paid attention to where he was going.

We have not the time to take our time.

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

Impatience is a virtue.

Delay is not our friend. Delay is our enemy.

No one wants to be patient. No one wants to wait for anything. They want it right now - that instant gratification.

Despatch is taking time by the ears; hurry is taking it by the end of the tail.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

In that case, there is no time to lose. Plant it this afternoon!

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

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

... an old man in a hurry.

Action! Action! Action!

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

For most of my life, I've been in a hurry.

Americans are too speedy.

One of my weaknesses is impatience. I just have this aching need to get great things done. Can't stand slow change.

All my life, I was always in a hurry! I was always hustling!

There is an obsessive focus on speed at Google.

The faster I can get, the better as well.

I am a man in a hurry. We have to work both from office and roadside. I am impatient.

I like to speed teams up. I don't like them to get in their rhythm.

The reason that I was so quick was because I was impatient. I couldn't wait to hit the next shot.

A fire lit under my ass? Yeah, that's true. No time to waste.