How fleet is a glance of the mind Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. William Cowper
The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough. Barbra Streisand
Poor tired Tim! It's sad for him He lags the long bright morning through, Ever so tired of nothing to do. Walter de la Mare
Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage. Samuel Johnson
If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind? Maria Montessori
In central banking circles, it is viewed as obvious that the accumulation and destruction of reputational capital more closely resembles adaptive than rational expectations - it lags behind reality. Here, I think, the central bankers are closer to the truth than the economic theorists. Alan Blinder