Skylights For Mobile Quotes & Sayings

The trains [in a country] contain the essential paraphernalia of the culture: Thai trains have the shower jar with the glazed dragon on its side, Ceylonese ones the car reserved for Buddhist monks, Indian ones a vegetarian kitchen and six classes, Iranian ones prayer mats, Malaysian ones a noodle stall, Vietnamese ones bulletproof glass on the locomotive, and on every carriage of a Russian train there is a samovar. The railway bazaar with its gadgets and passengers represented the society so completely that to board it was to be challenged by the national character. At times it was like a leisurely seminar, but I also felt on some occasions that it was like being jailed and then assaulted by the monstrously typical. — Paul Theroux

Stand Up, To Stop Bullying — Tyrell Rogers

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Nothing stands still. Things are either... — William Butler

Don't try to be somebody you're not because it doesn't work. If you try to be this perfect person or perfect persona of what you think that somebody should be when they're involved in public office, it's just not going to work. Just be yourself, stay true to your core values, and really just stay abreast of the issues. — Ben Quayle

I get energy from one-on-one conversations most often, and I lose energy from group conversations most often. — Reid Hoffman