Freight Quotes

43 quotes by 41 authors

The future's comin' at ya' like a freight train. — Lila McCann
Speaking of stage freight. I was terrified! It was in NOLA at an all ages show. I was wearing Jeans, a Van Halen t-shirt, and… — Phil Anselmo
If prisons, freight trains, swamps, and gators don't get ya to write songs, man, y'ain't got no business writin' songs. — Ronnie Van Zant
There are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory. — Pat Conroy
With more than 67 percent of the Nation's freight moving on highways, economists believe that our ability to compete internationally is tied to the quality… — Dennis Hastert
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the… — Theodore Roosevelt
Dying should come easy: like a freight train you don't hear when your back is turned. — Charles Bukowski
Quite possibly there's nothing as fine as a big freight train starting across country in early summer, Hardesty thought. That's when you learn that the… — Mark Helprin
I'm a child in that respect: able to live, physically speaking, on a crumb of anticipation for weeks at a time, but always in danger… — ZoÃ« Heller
[in reference to turkey bowling] He [Tommy] squinted and picked his target, then took his steps and sent the bird sliding down the aisle. A… — Christopher Moore
nothing's news. it's the same old thing in disguise. only one thing comes without a disguise and you only see it once, or maybe never.… — Charles Bukowski
Like that's the only reason anyone would ever buy a first-aid kit? Don't take this the wrong way, Professor McGonagall, but what sort of crazy… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
My grandfather and dad worked at General American Transportation Corp. in Chicago, a company that made tank cars and freight cars. We had a pragmatic,… — Bill Moseley
My mom started an air-freight company; my grandmother built a golf course. I have a certain degree of entrepreneurial risk-taking in my family history. Maybe… — Brian Acton
Less revenue, more people, more freight, more gridlock - that is not a formula for success. — Anthony Foxx
The slow pace of trains in the U.S. can be maddening, particularly during delays on rail sidings for an hour or more to enable freight… — Alan Huffman
As movers and the moved both know, books are heavy freight, the weight of refrigerators and sofas broken up into cardboard boxes. They make us… — John Updike
As I started to develop as a director, I wanted to do projects that were inherently more cinematic, where the freight was not so much… — Marshall Brickman
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.… — Henry Van Dyke
The human brain is like a railroad freight car -- guaranteed to have a certain capacity but often running empty. — Benjamin Franklin

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