Christ never was in a hurry. There was no rushing forward, no anticipating, no fretting over what might be. Each day's duties were done as each day brought them, and the rest was left with God.

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?

Along with being forever on the move, one is forever in a hurry, leaving things inadvertently behind - friend or fishing tackle, old raincoat or old allegiance.

In the old days, if a person missed the stagecoach, he was content to wait a day or two for the next one. Nowadays, we feel frustrated if we miss one section of a revolving door.

Being in a hurry seems so fiercely important when you yourself are the hurrier and so comically ludicrous when it is someone else.

One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.

When you want to hurry something, that means you no longer care about it and want to get on to other things.

The microwave oven is one of the modern objects that convey the most elemental feeling of power over the passing seconds ... If you suffer from hurry sickness in its most advanced stages, you may find yourself punching 88 seconds instead of 90 because it is faster to tap the same digit twice.

Instant gratification takes too long.

People in a hurry cannot think, cannot grow, nor can they decay. They are preserved in a state of perpetual puerility.