Rail Quotes

175 quotes by 147 authors

I rail against writers who talk about the loneliness of it all â€” what do they want, a crowd looking over their typewriters? Or those… — Wilfrid
Coming from having absolutely nothing to having a few grand in the bank, it was a big culture leap. I think that's why I went… — Craig Charles
Eisenhower had run the Army; he knew all the ways decision making can go off the rails, and insisted on collective debate precisely to prevent… — Nancy Gibbs
We seem to be committing ourselves to an eye wateringly expensive railroad for the few. High speed rail plan is madness. — Mike Rutherford
When younger, I was thin as a rail. As I've grown older, I've put on weight. I have continued to love myself in all those… — Troy Perry
Of all the weaknesses little men rail against, there is none that they are more apt to ridicule than the tendency to believe. And of… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
By my count, the Deputy Prime Minister has sworn an oath of loyalty and service to Her Majesty no fewer than four times in the… — Unknown Author
Do not ride in cars: they are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents. Do not stay at home: 17% of all accidents occur in… — Mark Leslie
The bottom line is that we've become a nation of thieves, a value rejected by our founders. James Madison, the father of our Constitution, was… — Walter E. Williams
Practice provides the rails on which knowledge flows. — John Seely Brown
Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito's wing that falls on… — Henry David Thoreau
We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways. — Corrine Brown
I am not talking about what every one of us means by love. Little namby-pamby love is lovely. Man rails in love with woman, and… — Swami Vivekananda
There never seems to be any trouble brewing around a bar until a woman puts that high heel over the brass rail. Don't ask me… — Humphrey Bogart
We continue to subsidize highways and aviation, but when it comes to our passenger rail system, we refuse to provide the money Amtrak needs to… — Corrine Brown
Being President is like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail... A man in the crowd asked… — Abraham Lincoln
Hurry, get on board, it's comin', listen to those rails a-thrumming all aboard. Get on the "A" train, soon you will be on Sugar Hill… — Duke Ellington
If you hear a man rail at the Bible, you can usually conclude that he never reads it. — Charles Spurgeon
I've never fancied that footballer lifestyle. I suppose I could live that kind of flash life. People stereotype child actors and kind of expect you… — Rupert Grint
Freight mobility and movement, while not a sexy policy issue, is a highly important one. Capacity constraints and congestion on our nation's freight rail system… — Bill Lipinski

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