Locomotion Quotes

“The most obvious and the most distinctive features of the History of Civilisation, during the last fifty years, is the wonderful increase of industrial production by the application of machinery, the improvement of old technical processes and the invention of new ones, accompanied by an even more remarkable development of old and new means of locomotion and intercommunication. By this rapid and vast multiplication of the commodities and conveniences of existence, the general standard of comfort has been raised, the ravages of pestilence and famine have been checked, and the natural obstacles, which time and space offer to mutual intercourse, have been reduced in a manner, and to an extent, unknown to former ages. The diminution or removal of local ignorance and prejudice, the creation of common interests among the most widely separated peoples, and the strengthening of the forces of the organisation of the commonwealth against those of political or social anarchy, thus effected, have exerted an influence on the present and future fortunes of mankind the full significance of which may be divined, but cannot, as yet, be estimated at its full value.”
― Thomas Henry Huxley, Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century, The

“You are your own vehicular machinery that ought to propel yourself under guidance of the compass of the Holy Spirit of God. Don't go off the track!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“Dancing is more than the locomotive movement of the body because of a rhythm.
The locomotion of the body is just an outward expression of something that is genuine, deep, and resonates with your core.

A dancer feels every detail of the music, it's like there is something in you that responds to the sound in a way that only you can.
Dancing is more than a ritual, it is the place of oneness; the body, the soul and the spirit in perfect synchronization.”
― Paul Bamikole

“Sometimes I think that just as trains and carriages are means of locomotion to get us from one place to another on this earth, so typhoid and consumption are means of locomotion to get us from one world to another.”
― Irving Stone, Lust for Life

“If the interest of a scientific expositor ought to be measured by the importance of the subject, I shall be applauded for my choice. In fact, there are few questions which touch more closely the very existence of man than that of animated motors—those docile helps whose power or speed he uses at his pleasure, which enjoy to some extent his intimacy, and accompany him in his labors and his pleasures. The species of animal whose coöperation we borrow are numerous, and vary according to latitude and climate. But whether we employ the horse, the ass, the camel, or the reindeer, the same problem is always presented: to get from the animal as much work as possible, sparing him, as far as we can, fatigue and suffering. This identity of standpoint will much simplify my task, as it will enable me to confine the study of animated motors to a single species: I have chosen the horse as the most interesting type. Even with this restriction the subject is still very vast, as all know who are occupied with the different questions connected therewith. In studying the force of traction of the horse, and the best methods of utilizing it, we encounter all the problems connected with teams and the construction of vehicles. But, on a subject which has engaged the attention of humanity for thousands of years, it seems difficult to find anything new to say.

If in the employment of the horse we consider its speed and the means of increasing it, the subject does not appear less exhausted. Since the chariot-races, of which Greek and Roman antiquity were passionately fond, to our modern horse-races, men have never ceased to pursue with a lively interest the problem of rapid locomotion. What tests and comparisons have not been made to discover what race has most speed, what other most bottom, what crossings, what training give reason to expect still more speed?”
― Etienne-Jules Marey

“Can you imagine sitting there letting the sea roll over you your whole life. No feet. No locomotion. Your whole fate decided by what washes over you.”

“And that’s different than us?”
― Melissa Barbeau, The Luminous Sea

“And that would be my method of locomotion, the Lion concluded. Not diplomas earned, but friendships bungled. Campaigns aborted. Errors in judgment and public humiliations.”
― Gregory Maguire, Out of Oz

“El 31 de Julio del 2005, a las 6:00 de la mañana, Locomotion dice ser 'tomado' por una organización fundamentalista del animé. Bien a su manera, era la forma de cerrar su ciclo y darnos a entender lo que estaba sucediendo en realidad: eran comprados por Sony Pictures, que reemplazaba la señal por Animax. Lo recuerdo no solamente por haber buscado la fecha exacta, sino por haberlo visto mientras pasaba en vivo. Casi 10 años después, me doy cuenta de que fue una de las cosas más Becoming of Age (volverse grande) que me pasó.

Cablevisión no había comprado los derechos de Animax, por lo que mi pantalla pasó de Locomotion, a una carga de estática constante e infinita. Me trato de imaginar con mi cara de 15 años, cambiando de canal y volviendo a ponerlo, y comprobar que efectivamente, ya no estaba más. Ni volvería a estarlo nunca, salvo en la memoria.”
― Byron Rizzo