Trolley Quotes

14 quotes from 14 authors

Ethical puzzles often start with a simple track. This set of 14 brief statements, each from a separate thinker, tackles the classic trolley scenario in its own way.

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To use it should be as natural ... as to use the trolley when one needs transportation.

John Cotton Dana

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I went to lose a jolly, Hour on the trolley, And lost my heart instead...

Ralph Blane

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“Cities who do not have trams always look less literary, less poetic, and less mysterious!”

Mehmet Murat ildan

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There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far…

Frida Kahlo

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We use religion like a trolley-car--we ride on it only while it is going our way.

Austin O'Malley

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It is sometimes as dangerous to be run into by a microbe as by a trolley car.

James Walsh

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What's the difference between a lifestylist and a supermarket trolley? A supermarket trolley has mind of it's own.

Arashi

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“I am the Trolley of Love. Free rides before noon and after 11:58 am! ”

Dark Jar Tin Zoo

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“Yawning, I stumbled off the trolley after him and tried to get out of the way of people rushing aboard. Apparently manners…

Tamara Allen

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“Think of me as the porter . . . and consider the possiblity that life might be less exhausting if you unloaded…

Susan Howatch

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I remember in '37 when trolley cars were so big in New York. It was five cents for a ride... There used…

Tiny Tim

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“I thought of the cool, fresh air of the city I'd always dreamed of living in. The art museums and trolleys and…

Heather Demetrios

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“During World War II trolley tracks ran down Central Avenue, the main street of the Jersey City Heights, before traveling off of…

Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One

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What's the difference between the Lib-Dems and a supermarket trolley? A supermarket trolley has a mind of its own,

Dave Prentis

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