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Quotes About Transportation

In North America, more than half of all children travel to school by bus. We need a similar programme in London.
~ Zac Goldsmith
It was an odd habit, I thought, this insistence on driving a car in cities with public transportation.
~ Sujata Massey
Opening a book was like opening a door to another world, and once she stepped across the threshold, she was transported. When she was reading a story, she lived inside a different skin. She
~ Susan Wiggs
Pretty soon both the air and the roads would be so full that no one could move in comfort and everyone would have to go back to the railways for quick travel. Progress, that was.
~ Josephine Tey
Habló sin mirarme, porque la gente no suele mirarse dentro de un carro. Como el fuego o una pantalla de cine, el panorámico de un carro atrae las miradas, las acapara, las domina. Por eso dentro de un carro es más fácil decirse ciertas cosas.
~ Juan Gabriel Vásquez
They climbed up into the carriage and were on their way. Henry caught her bonnet on the doorframe as she was getting in, a circumstance which caused her to mutter most ungraciously under her breath. Dunford thought he heard her say, "Bloody bleeding blooming bonnet," but he couldn't be certain.
~ Julia Quinn
Ride-sharing is inevitably going to be 100% electric.
~ Anand Mahindra
Uber riders are the most affluent, influential people in their cities.
~ Travis Kalanick
Music inspires some feeling in you. That's the same way I think about Uber.
~ Bozoma Saint John
Maybe I'm the only footballer who isn't interested in cars. My Lancia Y gets me around.
~ Gianluigi Buffon
Our roads and bridges form the essence of interstate commerce in this country and have for some time.
~ Scott Pruitt
We'll work with any designer producing something linked to gastronomy. So a chair for the dining area, a van to move food around. Anything that's connected to the gastronomic process.
~ Ferran Adria
Le temps libre est principalement consacré à se préparer pour le travail, à revenir du travail, à surmonter la fatigue du travail. Le temps libre est un euphémisme qui désigne la manière dont la main-d'oeuvre se transporte à ses propres frais pour se rendre au labeur et assume l'essentiel de sa propre maintenance et de ses réparations.
~ Bob Black
Two minutes later, Terese Collins—to use a purely transportational term—disembarked. She was casually decked out in a white blouse and green slacks. Her brown hair was up in a ponytail. People lightly elbowed one another, whispering and subtly gesturing, giving her that surreptitious glance, the one that says "I recognize you but don't want to appear fawning." Terese
~ Harlan Coben
Trains changed - conductors never did.
~ Harper Lee
No trains went there—Maycomb Junction, a courtesy title, was located in Abbott County, twenty miles away. Bus service was erratic and seemed to go nowhere, but the Federal Government had forced a highway or two through the swamps, thus giving the citizens an opportunity for free egress. But few people took advantage of the roads, and why should they? If you did not want much, there was plenty.
~ Harper Lee
If they invent a car that runs on stupid jokes, you could go far.
~ Haruki Murakami
Sumire frowned and sighed. "If they invent a car that runs on stupid jokes, you could go far.
~ Haruki Murakami
Durch die Eisenbahn wird Raum getötet, und es bleibt nur noch die Zeit übrig.
~ Heinrich Heine
Transportation is the center of the world! It is the glue of our daily lives. When it goes well, we don't see it. When it goes wrong, it negatively colors our day, makes us feel angry and impotent, curtails our possibilities.
~ Robin Chase
I've become a huge fan of the subway, even though I've gotten lost... well, not lost, but went the wrong direction on the subway a couple of times.
~ DeAndre Jordan
I have two bikes: a classic 1978 Yamaha SR500 and a more modern Suzuki SV650. I've been into cars and bikes since I was tiny.
~ Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Yeah it's mostly driving and taking airplanes but I like the trains - they're probably my favorite mode of transportation. They're smooth, steady, and you've got a lot of room and can walk around.
~ Adrianne Lenker
I'm still driving a Prius, yeah.
~ Larry David