Rail Quotes

175 Rail quotes by 147 unique authors

Pipelines are by far the safest way to transport petroleum. They are safer than tankers, safer than trucks, safer than rail. — John Hoeven
I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that big-time athletics bring… — Susan Orlean
I am going to give the American people a huge helping of unbridled truth: that we can't continue to spend what we are spending, that… — Rick Perry
Barbecue is the third rail of North Carolina politics. — John Shelton Reed
When I was in college, I had a jazz radio show. I called it 'Excursion on a Wobbly Rail,' after a Cecil Taylor song. I… — Lou Reed
By 2050, the Australian population is expected to grow from 22 million to 36 million. That increase alone will put huge pressure on our towns… — Kevin Rudd
Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail. — Marilyn vos Savant
Every time I got 'Amazing Spider-Man' or 'Fantastic Four' or another book firmly on the rails, we got pulled into some big event book or… — J. Michael Straczynski
You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure. — Margaret Thatcher
All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf. — Helen Thomas
I hit the third rail. You cannot criticize Israel in this country and survive. — Helen Thomas
Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will… — A A Milne
slept all night in the cedar grove, i was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin' for the holy grail, but there… — Tom Waits
A five-hour flight works out to three days and nights on land, by rail, from sea to shining sea. You can chalk off the hours… — Amy Hempel
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run — Herman Melville
Every year, at 8:00 PM on the second Saturday of July, hundreds of people gather along a section of Los Angeles rail track to drop… — James Frey
Life is just like an old time rail journey ... delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Gazzy: "What does that mean?" (points to metal plaque warning to stay off the third rail that said Stay off the third rail!) Fang: "It… — James Patterson
Do you like to slide?" His voice was eager. Stair rails! Did he suspect me? I forced a sigh. "No, Majesty. I'm terrified of heights."… — Gail Carson Levine
Karen, her elbows folded on the deck-rail, wanted to share with someone the pleasure in being alone: this is the paradox of any happy solitude.… — Elizabeth Bowen
He defined me first, as parents do. Those early characterizations can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail against… — Kelly Corrigan
... not once more will/I be found with beings/who swallowed the rail of life//And one day I found myself with beings/who swallowed the nail of… — Antonin Artaud
That moment - to this ... may be years in the way they measure, but it's only one sentence back in my mind - there… — Charles Bukowski
When someone leaves you, apart from missing them, apart from the fact that the whole little world you've created together collapses, and that everything you… — Helen Fielding
Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Over unsounded gorges, through the… — Herman Melville

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