A railroad is like a lie you have to keep building it to make it stand. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Life is a railroad station; soon I will set out - for where? I will not say.” — Marina Tsvetaeva Copy Share Image
Once I built a railroad, now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime? — Yip Harburg Copy Share Image
It's hard to make something as large as a government change. It's a little bit like building the transcontinental railroad. — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
There are two things I don't care how smart you are, you will never understand. One is an alienist's testimony, and the… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
As a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were. — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
“the railroad and the steamship affected not only industry and commerce, but also the lives of millions of ordinary people.” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Despite strong performances, Barry Jenkin's 'The Underground Railroad' is plodding and rudderless. — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
The story of the Underground Railroad is the story of American heroes, and who doesn't want to hear a story about American… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
Seaboard Air Line, which was thought by numerous innocents to provide a foothold in aviation, was another favorite, although, in fact, it… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“by 1890 there were 166,703 miles of railroad (and more to come) and a single railroad corporation might have as many as 36,000 employees. This” — Hugh Brogan Copy Share Image
Now, therefore, the Directors of the company are hereby ordered to see that precautions are taken to make travel on said railroad… — Joshua A. Norton Copy Share Image
John W. Snow was paid more than $50 million in salary, bonus and stock in his nearly 12 years as chairman of… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
As a young kid, I spent a lot of time exploring the world around me. I lived a few miles outside of… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
I have always loved to sit in ferry and railroad stations and watch the people, to walk on crowded streets, just walk… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our information network is much better protected than our railroad network, and someone who cracks a system is able to cause far… — Charles Platt Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, a history book in school will talk about the Underground Railroad as if it's one sentence. But thousands of people decided… — Jurnee Smollett-Bell Copy Share Image
The shuttle tomorrow is truly like laying the last spike on the transcontinental railroad, only much more so. And whether or not… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Stolen scrap like manhole covers, railroad weights, stop signs, guard rails, and public lighting put our residents in grave danger. Not only… — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
Stories about enslaved Africans can be depressing, exciting, educational and, yes, even entertaining depending on your taste. However, they should never be… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
A lot of people, when they first hear about the Underground Railroad, think it really is a subway or a locomotive. When… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“In spring, 1937, of course, families still rode the rails because of the Depression, which everyone said was already in the history… — Ronald Geigle Copy Share Image
“There was no Pacific railroad in those fine times of ten or twelve years ago—not a single rail of it. I only… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Railroad carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of fifteen miles per hour by engines which, in addition to endangering life and… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
“The iron horse still rumbled through the tunnel when she woke. Lumbly's words returned to her: "If you want to see what… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
The Fitchburg Railroad touches the pond about a hundred rods south of where I dwell. I usually go to the village along… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“I'm what the botanists call a hybrid," he said the first time Cora heard him speak, "A mixture of two different families.… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“One of the most ambitious men to exploit the timber trade was Hugh F. McDanield, a railroad builder and tie contractor who… — Denele Pitts Campbell Copy Share Image
“RESISTANCE TO CHANGE? “The canal system of this country is being threatened by the spread of a new form of transportation known… — Leslie W. Rue Copy Share Image
“-How long you been with the rail road now? -Twenty-seven years. Now, I'll tell you something about the railroad. What I done… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
The history of the Erie Railroad ever since 1901 has been a record of progress. — John Moody Copy Share Image
It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad. — David R. Brower Copy Share Image
A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately. — Eleanor Robson Belmont Copy Share Image
