Commodore Vanderbilt

They believe that it's better to walk away from stuff that isn't right so they can take chances on the the authors and books that will interest and delight the 15% of America that would rather seep themselves in the atmosphere of an earlier America and learn facts about Commodore Vanderbilt than have their prejudices pandered to by Glenn Beck.

Bruce Harris: "The First Tycoon": A Good News Publishing Backstory 2009

One was fifty-five-year-old shipping magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, "the largest steamship owner in the world, one who commenced his career by commanding a small schooner, and who is known moreover wherever commerce spreads a sail, as Commodore Vanderbilt."

'Tycoon's War' 2008

One was fifty-five-year-old shipping magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, 'the largest steamship owner in the world, one who commenced his career by commanding a small schooner, and who is known moreover wherever commerce spreads a sail, as Commodore Vanderbilt.'

Imperialism for Beginners 2008

Similar to Commodore Vanderbilt adressing topsiders, servants, and brass-polishing boys as "fellow yachtmen" before the start of a regatta.

Making the economy an issue. Ann Althouse 2006

Don't pretend you're Albert Schweitzer when you're Commodore Vanderbilt, I always say.

A Thin Line Between Apple's 'Genius Bar' and Insanity 2004

Commodore Vanderbilt was one of the men who -- who -- who began his career as a steamboat man.

The Fire of His Genius: Robert Fulton and the American Dream 2001

And so it was -- really it was basically the 1860s before people like Thomas Scott of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Commodore Vanderbilt of the New York

The Business of America 2001

Island, and he was -- I'm a great admirer of Commodore Vanderbilt.

The Business of America 2001

The spirit of Russell Long and John B. Connally is strong in our land as also the anathematization of the public according to Commodore Vanderbilt.

How to Get Ahead: From an Address to the Yale Graduating Class Galbraith, John Kenneth 1979

If Commodore Vanderbilt did indeed say, "The public be damned, " what the descendants of that public now say to the railroads is unprintable.

Centennial Michener, James 1974