Quotes about locomotive (16 Quotes)


    In a similar vein, the world is looking to the U.S. to lead a global recovery. Clearly, the U.S. economy was and still is the locomotive pulling the world economy, ... All across Asia, Latin America, everywhere I go, they are looking to the United States for recovery.



    December is an anomaly. We had an array of trouble. We had contractor problems, where contractors weren't able to clear the tracks in time for rush hour. We had a broken rail, missing third-rail shoes, locomotive engine failures, and then we had the (New York City transit) strike in December. That affected all the lines because of slower boarding and congestions. We had trains stacked.



    In a world full of competing emergencies and disasters, it really helps if there is an international locomotive that can help us bring attention - help us bring resources.

    An end to deflation would strengthen the world's second-largest economy and enable Japan to shoulder part of the burden of the U.S., which has been the sole locomotive for global growth since the 1990s.

    It's the first time five pictures have ever grossed over 20 million on a three-day weekend. The business is spread out more evenly across the board than there being one locomotive in the marketplace.

    Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil's spawn. He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. He would strap his children to the front end of a steam locomotive.




    Don't be led astray by the oversimplified notion that proper use of the breathing apparatus will magically provide a panacea for all your vocal problems. To say that vocal technique is nothing more than breath control is as foolish as saying that a steam locomotive is nothing more than a boiler.


    One of the things that is particularly painful within the context of this poor family is that the engineers actually had to witness this, knowing that when you get into a locomotive, there is no steering wheel. As you can imagine, they are pretty shook up about this whole thing, too.

    Phrenology taught us that the mind thinks by means of the brain, is liable to become fatigued by too long attention, as the locomotive muscles are by too much walking; and I therefore proposed to them to take a brief rest.



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