Quotes & Sayings About Putting On The Brakes

Progress needs the brakeman, but the brakeman should not spend all his time putting on the brakes. — Elbert Hubbard

Putting the brakes on is not an easy thing for a vamp to do. It's kind of like a shark trying to stop a feeding frenzy, or that old potato chip slogan: "Bet you can't eat just one. — Jim Grayson

It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill. — John Gunther

My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed. — Carl Honore

Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings. — Madeleine M. Kunin

I had this feeling that he and I , in this moment, were a car crash, and instead of putting on the brakes, I was hitting the accelerator. — Maggie Stiefvater