Douglas Conant

Most people that derail as leaders in the corporate world, it's not because they couldn't do the math and calculate return on investment properly. The issues are communication and understanding. All of what typically would've been called the 'soft stuff.' You have to be authentic. You have to be dialed into the soft stuff.

American Businessman

Gail Collins

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.

American Journalist

Ishita Dutta

I'm proud that my sister has started #MeToo movement in India and the nation has supported her. Media has played a vast role in giving this movement the much needed push but it must not be derailed with false accusations.

Indian Actress

Harvey Mackay

By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.

Judd Nelson

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

American Actor

Conchata Ferrell

There's nothing so interesting as a steam roller that's about to be derailed.

Joni Mitchell

I have always thought of myself as a painter derailed by circumstance.

Canadian Musician

Joe Flaherty

If you don't hop aboard the change train, you're gonna get derailed.

Henry Louis Gates

I don't think the riots derailed the civil rights movement.

American Critic

Chaka Fattah

American Politician

Used when something, usually a train, physically goes off its track.

Literal Usage

Refers to accidents caused by unexpected events, not just weather.

Unexpected Events

Emphasizes the emergency action taken after an incident of this nature.

Emergency Response

Used figuratively when describing an action that prevents plans or ideas from succeeding.

Obstacle to Plans

Often implies that the attempt to make a plan fail is deliberate.

Intentional Acts

A goal may be derailed by unforeseen consequences, not just by people.

Unexpected Outcome

Focuses on shifting a discussion or process away from its original topic or path.

Change in Direction

Can be a strategy to distract others during a conversation or process.

Distraction Technique

Used when someone loses focus, causing the main point to be left behind.

Loss of Focus

 But skipping classes to spend more time in the lab and neglecting to show proper deference to his professors had derailed his intended career path. Passed over even for a lab assistant position, he had to settle for a job at the Swiss patent office, obtained with the help of a friend's father.

Einstein's miracle year...

 is considered a sign of economic health, but more can quickly derail an economy. In recent decades, central banks have tried an approach called quantitative easing to infuse the economy with cash while maintaining a low risk of severe inflation. In this approach,

Why can’t governments...

 Well here is a fundamental problem we have not our basic political geography. How do we distribute ourselves around the world? Now this is important, because border conflicts justify so much of the world's military-industrial complex. Border conflicts can derail

Parag Khanna maps the...

 could have a truly transformative impact. Now the third area is the one that I want to focus on the most, and that's the category of existential events like a nuclear war or a global pandemic that could permanently derail civilization

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 But I couldn't let it derail me. Because, you see, we all get nervous. We all get scared, but it's what you do next that matters. That first feeling isn't the problem. It can be an important sign.

An ER doctor on triaging...

 But that's still just two percent. This means that to save the environment, we don't need to completely derail the economy or to abandon the achievements of modern civilization.

Yuval Noah Harari: The...

 protecting precious nature and animals, recycling and waste management, just to name a few. When the coronavirus pandemic hit, we resolved not to let our objective be derailed.

Europe's plan to become...

 he asked me to include it in my talk. We need to grow support lines and help groups, so victims can help each other when their lives and finances have been derailed.

How online abuse of...

 But wait! It’s only lunchtime and you still have so much to do. Would taking a nap help? Or would it derail your day? Our sleep, both at night and in naps,

How long should your...

 artifacts from the deep alluvial soil while the discovery has delighted historians it has completely derailed the engineers

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