Caroline Lucas

It used to be said that war was the locomotive of history, with its power to accelerate change. The coronavirus crisis has that same power. It has already shown us who we really are, and how there is much more than unites than divides us. It has shown how governments need to work with their citizens to overcome threats or challenges.

British Politician

Henry Spencer

Trying to build a spaceship by making an aeroplane fly faster and higher is like trying to build an aeroplane by making locomotives faster and lighter - with a lot of effort, perhaps you could get something that more or less works, but it really isn't the right way to proceed.

Canadian Scientist

Jim Peebles

One of my earliest memories of something that caught my attention was of a steam locomotive. I guess mainly because they have so many moving parts that are out in the open. You can watch the valves moving back and forth - the driving rods.

Jeremy Grantham

Market timing, by the way, is a tag some buy-and-hold investors use to put down anything that involves using your brain. These are the same people who like to watch the locomotive coming and get run down in the name of discipline.

British Businessman

Jan Egeland

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.

Norwegian Public Servant

Jamie S. Miller

We used to take a used locomotive engine, tear it down, rebuild it, and put it back out there. We treated all the engines the same.

American Businessman

John Moody

Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive.

Joe Perry

Aerosmith is such a powerful band; I mean, it's like a steam locomotive.

American Musician

John Ericsson

Mode of providing steam power to locomotives.

Swedish Inventor

Karl Marx

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

German Philosopher

Know that 'locomotive' specifies by what means it moves: steam, diesel, or electric.

Mode Specific

'Locomotive' refers to its role in transporting: pulling or pushing train cars.

Primary Function

Old locomotives are cultural artifacts and can evoke a sense of history.

Historical Charm

Recognize 'locomotive' describes various moving abilities, not just in trains.

Broad Application

Know that 'locomotive' can relate to both living organisms and engineered objects.

Biology & Technology

Understand the context where 'locomotive' emphasizes the capability of movement.

Movement Context

 the analytical engine. Now, just to give you an idea of this, this is a view from above. Every one of these circles is a cog, a stack of cogs, and this thing is as big as a steam locomotive. So as I go through this talk, I want you to imagine this gigantic machine. We heard those wonderful sounds of what this thing would have sounded like.

John Graham-Cumming: The...

 Those were major breakthroughs. All of the improvements he made -- and it's justifiable that our measure of energy, the watt, today is named after him. So we looked at this engine, and this had some potential. Steam engines are dangerous, and they had tremendous impact on the world -- industrial revolution and ships and locomotives.

Bill Gross: Great ideas...

 now just to give you an idea this is this is a view from above every one of these circles is a car a stack of cogs and this thing is as big as a steam locomotive so as I go through this talk I want you to imagine this gigantic machine we heard there's wonderful sounds of what this thing does sound like and I'm going to take you

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 now. We'd always had ups and downs in the locomotive business. There was layoffs sometimes. But then, they would call people back. But this time, it really looks like it's going downhill, and it's not going to come back up.

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 reactive and social. It's jet engines, locomotives, gas turbines, medical devices, communicating seamlessly with each other and with us. It's a world where information itself becomes intelligent and comes to us

Marco Annunziata:...

 being an expert does in no way make you right in light of the truth. If you're in care, legally the government is your parent, loco parentis.

Lemn Sissay: A child of...

 with a force like a locomotive the wave sweeps dozens away instantly

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