Railroads Quotes

135 Railroads quotes by 119 unique authors

Sooner or later the Internet will become profitable. It's an old story played before by canals, railroads and automobiles. — Paul Samuelson
I knew when the ball was going out (over the Green Monster). It was something I worked into the decoy, but it used to tick… — Carl Yastrzemski
I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late. — Hoagy Carmichael
Whom do I write for? I write for the story. Each story, it seems to me, knows best how it should be told. As I… — Jerry Spinelli
I don't care a damn for their guns, or you either, sir! What I want is the Southside Railroad! — Philip Sheridan
A railroad station? That was sort of a primitive airport, only you didn't have to take a cab 20 miles out of town to reach… — Russell Baker
There was one moment, and it happened in school. I had a big final exam--we were supposed to write a 20-page report on this book… — Tim Burton
It would be difficult, indeed, to overestimate the transcendent importance of the part the railroad has played in making the Nation what it is to-day.… — Unknown Author
Railroad carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of fifteen miles per hour by engines which, in addition to endangering life and limb of passengers,… — Martin Van Buren
We seem to be committing ourselves to an eye wateringly expensive railroad for the few. High speed rail plan is madness. — Mike Rutherford
For 50 years my father worked for the railroad. — Harold Evans
My writing is done in railroad yards while waiting for a freight, in the fields while waiting for a truck, and at noon after lunch.… — Eric Hoffer
The Negro people of America... have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of their trials they… — Mordecai Wyatt Johnson
Nothing was more up-to-date when it was built, or is more obsolete today, than the railroad station. — Ada Louise Huxtable
You look at the steamboat, the railroad, the car, the airplane - not all of these were invented in the Anglo-American world, but they were… — Walter Russell
Did you hear 'bout Ticklish Tom? He got tickled by his mom. Wiggled and giggled and fell on the floor, . . . . And… — Shel Silverstein
Consider why Germany, fighting a war on two fronts, desperate for fuel and materiel of every sort, would bother to load millions of Jews on… — Edgar Steele
History does not provide any example of capital accumulation brought about by a government. As far as governments invested in the construction of roads, railroads,… — Ludwig von Mises
The true pioneer of civilization is not the newspaper, not religion, not the railroad - but whiskey! — Mark Twain
The shuttle tomorrow is truly like laying the last spike on the transcontinental railroad, only much more so. And whether or not we're going to… — Jerry Brown
For decades, people have known the chemical-propulsion approach to space travel is really not going to get us that far. Chemical propulsion is essentially like… — Franklin Chang Diaz
Having wallowed in a delightful orgy of anti-French sentiment, having deplored and applauded the villains themselves, having relished the foibles of bankers, railwaymen, diplomats, and… — Michael Crichton
We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us. — Henry David Thoreau
Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the… — Karel Capek
If there were a major earthquake in Los Angeles, with bridges and highways and railroads and airports all shut down and huge buildings collapsing, I… — Warren Rudman

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