A Commonplace Book

Category: transportation...

  • the Zen of public transportation
  • some birds annually migrate over a distance approaching 40 percent of the Earth's circumference
  • transportation is any clear and deliberate effort to amplify human locomotion
  • the military impact of the domestication of the horse and the camel was such that they played crucial roles in the diffusion of civilization and of the trade that it disseminated
  • See, each man and each woman actually does have an owner's manual. Nothing's written down anywhere, but the directions for operation of an individual in a relationship are detailed and specific nonetheless. So when you start out with someone, you're essentially driving a strange car for the first time and none of the controls are labeled. So the wipers can come on at strange times, sometimes you stall. On top of that we've all met people with bad steering, no brakes, needs a muffler, headlights a little dim, too much in the trunk, not enough under the hood, prone to backfiring, won't turn over, and just plain out of gas. Which is why when people get ready to get married they so often seem to choose basic transportation. It's simple, it's reliable, and it gets you there. That's important on a long trip. (Jerry Seinfeld)
  • Music is a means of rapid transportation. (J. Cage)
  • There be three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soil, busy workshops, easy conveyance for men and goods from place to place. (Sir Francis Bacon)

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