# Taking the bus

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://paragraph.com/@brandondonnelly), 2013-12-03

buses, failure, los-angeles, margaret-thatcher, mass-transit, metro, oklahoma-city, quotes, salvador-dali, uncategorized

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According to Salvador Dalí and Margaret Thatcher I’m a loser and a failure. I came across [these quotes on Tumblr](%20Why%20IPO?%20%20War%20chest%20for%20future%20acquisitions%20Flexibility%20to%20acquire%20with%20stock%20\(liquid%20currency\)%20Employees%20could%20monetize%20their%20nominal%20wealth) (via goingurban) this morning:

> _"A man of forty who still rides the metro is a loser." -Salvador Dalí_
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> _"A man who, beyond the age of twenty-six, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure." -Margaret Thatcher_

Now as much as I like dislike buses (and prefer the train varietal), I’ve made it pretty clear that [I’m a believer in mass transit](http://brandondonnelly.com/post/65524934769/walking-biking-and-taking-transit).

If anything, I think these quotes show how much the world has changed, although perhaps only in certain geographies. Depending on where you live (I’m thinking Los Angeles or, maybe, [Oklahoma City](http://brandondonnelly.com/post/65524934769/walking-biking-and-taking-transit)), it probably still sucks not to have a car.

That’s too bad.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://paragraph.com/@brandondonnelly/taking-the-bus)*