The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work. Hesiod
On the molecular scale, you find it's reasonable to have a machine that does a million steps per second, a mechanical system that works at computer speeds. K. Eric Drexler
Much did I rage when young, Being by the world oppressed, But now with flattering tongue It speeds the parting guest. William Butler Yeats
Students today should begrudge every moment of time. This dewlike life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way. Dōgen
Sometimes, a novel is like a train: the first chapter is a comfortable seat in an attractive carriage, and the narrative speeds up. But there are other sorts of trains, and other sorts of novels. They rush by in the dark; passengers framed in the lighted windows are smiling and enjoying themselves. Jane Smiley
Entropy is not about speeds or positions of particles, the way temperature and pressure and volume are, but about our lack of information. Hans Christian von Baeyer