Derail Quotes

#1. In Washington, 'delay' is too often code for 'derail.' Wink, wink.

Peter Welch

#2. mission as overkill, which threatened to derail the entire operation. Just before the launch of the operation

Marc Ambinder

#3. Never go into the Council room without a plan. You have to give them a range of possibilities, but if they discuss them too much, they'll never make a decision. Steer them toward the right choice and don't let them derail the train.

Ilona Andrews

#4. Time is zero, no human made Calender's, colour of which the eyes could fail to identify, the taste of which the tongue could derail, the aroma of which the breathing becomes invalid when we are lost in the Kingdom
of Lord, Supreme Power.

Vishal Chipkar

#5. Iraq is the central battleground in the war on terror. The terrorists certainly know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out all the stops to derail our efforts there. They know that a free and democratic Iraq is a serious blow to their interests.

Elizabeth Dole

#6. It didn't take tragedy or war to derail a man. It took only a memory.

Ali Shaw

#7. They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict.

Peter Mandelson

#8. There will always be bosses, pastors and government officials over us - and this structure is actually a good thing. It is not our job to derail it or work around it.

David Pritchard

#9. Goals are set in life to enable concentrated and directed effort to be employed toward a desired end. Without goals, it will be easy to derail, and it will also be hard to track progress.

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

#10. Failures and fears are the part of the journey we call life. Don't let them stop you or derail you from your chosen path.

Debasish Mridha

#11. Every leader has authority over arenas in which he has little or no competence. When we exert our authority in an area where we lack competence, we can derail projects and demotivate those who have the skills we lack.

Andy Stanley

#12. When you are motivated by the kindness and wellbeing of humanity, then nothing can scare or derail you.

Debasish Mridha

#13. You are allowed to make mistakes, Nell. And even though it might seem right now like one mistake is enough to derail your entire future, it's not.

Cora Carmack

#14. The Soviet response was silence, followed by bellicose denial, followed by efforts to derail the international investigation. It was eight years after the collapse of the Soviet Union that Russia acknowledged the truth.

Anonymous

#15. I think the Liberals are doing everything they can to do turn it around, but the reality is that we're at the point right now where only Stephen Harper can lose this election. Only some major mistake by Harper or someone close to him can derail the Conservative juggernaut.

Nik Nanos

#16. With horses, there were no guarantees. You worked yourself raw and hoped until your heart hurt just for a little heat in a foreleg to derail everything.

Mara Dabrishus

#17. Don't ever lest small stuff derail you from dreams.

Debasish Mridha

#18. Its going to require a global effort to reduce greenhouse gases and hopefully derail some of the adverse impacts that we are experiencing today and the devastating impacts that we are going to experience in the future as a result of global warming.

Jerome Ringo

#19. Above all, success in business requires two things: a winning competitive strategy, and superb organizational execution. Distrust is the enemy of both. I submit that while high trust won't necessarily rescue a poor strategy, low trust will almost always derail a good one.

Stephen Covey

#20. But no. No. He may have boarded this bad idea train, but now it was time to derail it.

Elle Kennedy

#21. Never let negativity derail your journey as a writer. Use the energy for your own betterment.

Guadalupe Neri

#22. My brother and I used to try to derail a train over and over again. We didn't know any better.

Carolyn Meinel

#23. You reduce illegal immigration by making it harder to get jobs here, or easier to get jobs south of the border. This idea that we can't pass an immigration law until we hit some imaginary security target is just a way to derail reform.

Gail Collins

#24. You know how it's going to end, but instead of spoiling things, that somehow increases your fascination. It's like watching a kid run his electric train faster and faster and waiting for it to derail on one of the curves.

Stephen King

#25. Clashing expectations are what most consistently derail any team, and especially a culturally diverse team. So if you take the time to "define" the goal carefully upfront, you've addressed one of the most difficult and important parts of the innovative process.

David Livermore

#26. I put less stock in others' opinions than my own. No one else's opinions could derail me.

Judd Nelson

#27. In other words, a serious crisis of nonrenewable energy resources is likely to accelerate the urbanization trend, not derail it.

Steven Johnson

#28. An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain control of critical switches and derail passenger trains, or trains loaded with lethal chemicals.

Leon Panetta

#29. We know that, too often, oil and other hazardous materials are shipped across the country on aging tankers. Too many communities have seen what happens when trains derail and in some cases catch fire.

Sherrod Brown

#30. Everyone's mind has sort of a slum division - a flirtatious spot that doesn't give a hoot about how grave a situation is but constantly endeavors to derail more earnest thoughts, almost like a death-wish backseat driver.

Pawan Mishra

#31. Brad Bird is fond of saying that music is the easiest thing that can derail a film because if it slightly goes a degree off track it will take the viewer in the wrong emotional direction. To work with people who actually care about that is a good thing.

Michael Giacchino

#32. Not to derail the conversation from butts, which we all agree is incredibly important

Rainbow Rowell

#33. And I want to work with this Congress, to make sure Americans already burdened with student loans can reduce their monthly payments, so that student debt doesn't derail anyone's dreams.

Barack Obama

#34. Learn the lessons of history. Don't let how you feel about your tenure at your organization drive you to make poor investment decisions that could potentially derail a successful retirement.

Marc Singer

#35. Your life is a lot bigger than this moment. You need to remember that you can't let the trials you face right now derail your course forever.

Bree Despain

#36. One thing I can assure you, life is not easy, but it can be simple. Focus on what's important and don't let your distractions derail you.

Tony Curl

#37. The waiter arrived and took their orders. When he was gone, Macy added, Besides, my life coach says it's inefficient to spend time with people you're hoping will change, that it's a surefire way to derail your future.

J.D. Robb