Rail Quotes

175 quotes by 148 authors

If goodness were only a theory, it were a pity it should be lost to the world. There are a number of things, the idea… — William Hazlitt
Coal is a portable climate. It carries the heat of the tropics to Labrador and the polar circle; and it is the means of transporting… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Embrace your dorkdom or rail against it. The choice is yours. — Brendan Fraser
Many foreigners have asked me how we made the Danish style. And I've answered that it...was rather a continuous process of purification, and for me… — Hans Wegner
Any hack can safely rail away at foreign powers beyond the sea; but a good writer is a critic of the society he lives in. — Edward Abbey
A man with a full stomach and the respect of his fellows had no business to scold about anything that he might think to be… — Stephen Crane
Most of the soap operas always use the Christmas special to kill huge quantities of their characters. So they have trams coming off their rails,… — Julian Fellowes
I mean, these are kids that are getting on rail cars, riding the top of rail cars all the way up through Mexico. I mean,… — Rick Perry
. . . hell is wanting to be somewhere different from where you are. Being one place and wanting to be somewhere else . .… — Geneen Roth
We've concocted a system where local trips take an auto. That's our biggest tragedy. Streetcars, such as those used in Portland's Pearl District, and elevated… — Peter Calthorpe
The worst enslaving trait of all is greed. I rail against the substitution of money for worth. The idea that the endless accumulation of dead… — Gerry Spence
The optimist sees a light at the end of the tunnel, the realist sees a train entering the tunnel, the pessimist sees a train speeding… — James Branch Cabell
I'm just following the Irish tradition of songwriting, the Irish way of life, the human way of life. Cram as much pleasure into life, and… — Shane MacGowan
Rail as they will about 'discrimination,' women are simply not endowed by nature with the same measures of single-minded ambition and the will to succeed… — Pat Buchanan
A day without a dark cloud. Almost a happy day. There were three thousand six hundred and fifty-three days like that in his stretch. From… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Passenger rail development takes time, but good things come to those who are patient and stay the course. — Thelma Drake
But the positive thoughts would give way to negative thoughts, and the negative thoughts seemed to swoop into her mind the way a big flock… — Jeannette Walls
Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia. — Dionysius Lardner
When youâ€™re in school, every little mistake is a permanent crack in your windshield. But in the real world, if youâ€™re not swerving around and… — Drew Houston
Beyond highways and roads, we need more money for mass transit, intercity passenger rail and freight rail. We have a long way to go to… — Bill Lipinski

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