“There are a lot of New York City Thanksgiving traditions. For example, a lot of New Yorkers don't buy the frozen Thanksgiving turkey. They prefer to buy the bird live and then push it in front of a subway train.” CitiesFrontsNew YorkExampleBirdTraditionTrainNew York CityThanksgivingFrozenTurkeysNew YorkersSubwayThanksgiving Turkey Author:David Letterman
“The amount of force and violence necessary to board the train, for example was no less and no more than the amoount of politeness and consideration necessary to ensure that the cramped journey was as pleasant as possible afterwards. What is necessary? That was the unspoken but implied, and unavoidable question everywhere in India.” ForceViolenceJourneyExampleAmountIndiaTrainBoardsPleasantConsiderationPolitenessUnspokenImplied Author:Gregory David Roberts
“The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.” TryingHandsParentExampleBuildingTrainSettingSettingsPullingGood ExamplesSetting A Good Example Book:The Duties of Parents Source: The Duties of Parents
“The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing to train the mind, so that when you come off the medication, you are just as vulnerable to a relapse as though you had never taken the medication.” IfsMindDoneEmotionTakenExampleAnxietyTrainManageVulnerableRelyMedicationCalmingCalm DownRelapse Author:Daniel Goleman
“The pulpit only "teaches" to be honest; the market-place "trains" to overreaching and fraud; and teaching has not a tithe of the efficiency of training. Christ never wrote a tract, but He went about doing good.” ChristTeachTeachingHonestExampleTrainingTrainBeing HonestFraudEfficiencyDoing GoodPulpitTitheOverreaching Book:Demands of the Age on Colleges Source: Demands of the Age on Colleges
“I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I never came to that decision with the film half shot, where I was stuck on a runaway train and couldn't jump off. On those occasions where I have admitted defeat, that this is not going to work, I haven't embarked on that project and made that movie.” MadeMomentsFilmDecisionHalfHavensExampleProjectsShotsTrainDefeatStuckOccasionsGoing To WorkRunaway Author:Steven Spielberg
“The average parent may, for example, plant an artist or fertilize a ballet dancer and end up with a certified public accountant. We cannot train children along chicken wire to make them grow in the right direction. Tying them to stakes is frowned upon, even in Massachusetts.” MayChildrenEndsArtistGrowsParentExampleTrainPlantAverageDancerChickensStakesBalletWireRight DirectionAccountantsMassachusettsBallet DancerCertified Public Accountant Book:Close to Home Source: Close to Home
“And she [Margaret Thatcher] also had a sort of a way, like a railroad train, of going, taking a breath and starting quite quietly and making a point in a way that you don't really know that this point is going to be made through several examples, and there will be not be a break in the speaking voice at any point.” KnowsWayMadeVoiceBreakExampleBreathsTrainStartingRailroads Author:Meryl Streep
“Train passengers may be astonished to learn how many working practices still seem rooted in the age of steam. For example, the majority of Sunday services rely on staff working overtime - an antiquated and expensive arrangement given the seven-day society in which we now live.” MayStillsSeemsAgeGivenPracticeExampleMajorityTrainSevenRelyExpensiveSundayRootedStaffArrangementsSteamPassengersSeven Days Author:Simon Calder
“Were money no object, we could have a dedicated door-opener-and-closer on all trains. But in the real world, train drivers in different countries have a wide range of responsibilities. On rural routes in Scandinavia, for example, you might find the driver selling you the ticket as well as operating the doors, helping disabled passengers, handling parcels and driving the train.” WorldWellsDifferentRealCountryHelpingMightResponsibilityDoorsExampleObjectsTrainWideDrivingSellingRangeDriversReal WorldDedicatedTicketsRoutesDisabledPassengersParcelDifferent CountriesScandinavia Author:Simon Calder