“I realize this is blasphemy, but a few weeks ago I tried to watch a NASCAR race being run at Talladega. I lasted about five minutes before terminal boredom overtook me. It appeared to be nothing more than a high-speed freeway commute--a mob of luridly painted, identical lumps of metal loping at 180 mph around the banking, fender to fender, nose to tail. Knowing the scenario would surely devolve into a multicar demolition derby that would thrill the goobers in the grandstands, I turned off the set to later learn that this time it was Jimmie Johnson who triggered the eight-car melee.” RunningRealizingRaceWatchesKnowingFiveWeekMinutesCarEightSpeedNosesBoredomMetalsTailsThrillBankingFive MinutesJohnsonScenariosIdenticalBlasphemyLumpsTerminalFreewaysHigh SpeedTurned OffNascarDerbyMphDemolitionDemolition Derby Author:Brock Yates
“We just watch anything speed by. To stop and really ponder what a product label says, or the tagline on a TV commercial, might be inherently silly. Those are things that are almost designed to be thrown away.” MightWatchesTvsProductsSpeedSillyLabelsThrownPonderingTv CommercialTaglines Author:Aaron Belz
“Up, then, with speed, and work; Fling ease and self away-- This is no time for thee to sleep-- Up, watch, and work, and pray!” SelfSleepWatchesPrayingSpeedTheeEaseFlingEarnestness Book:Hymns of Faith and Hope ... Third edition Source: Hymns of Faith and Hope ... Third edition
“Death is a large form of entertainment, probably the largest. Watching death in different ways is entertaining for us, whether it's a high-speed chase and a guy grabs a helicopter and flies away. We know the reality of it is that he wouldn't be physically able to hold onto that helicopter and fall to his death. But it's entertaining to watch.” KnowsWayDifferentRealityAbleFormGuyFallWatchesEntertainmentSpeedDifferent WaysEntertainingHelicoptersFly AwayHigh Speed Author:Curtis Jackson
“I have closely noted that people who watch a great deal of TV never again seem able to adjust to the actual pace of life. The speed of the passing images becomes the speed the aspire to and they seem to develop an impatience and boredom with anything else.” PeopleSeemsAbleDealsWatchesTvsSpeedPassingPassingsBoredomPaceAspireImpatiencePace Of Life Book:Off to the Side: A Memoir Source: Off to the Side: A Memoir