Rail Quotes

175 Rail quotes by 147 unique authors

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 you’re in school, every little mistake is a permanent crack in your windshield. But in the real world, if you’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
I rail against writers who talk about the loneliness of it all — 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

Who Wrote These Rail Quotes

147 authors contributed a total of 175 Rail Quotes, led by these top contributors: