Railways Quotes

35 Railways quotes by 30 unique authors

My first jobs were all civil service. At 14, I worked for the Canadian National Railways. At 16, I worked for the Canadian Penitentiary Service. — Dan Aykroyd
The Sappers really need no tribute from me; their reward lies in the glory of their achievement. The more science intervenes in warfare, the more… — Bernard Law Montgomery
All governments, Books, customs, buildings, railways, ships, and all the stark realities that men have made, Are but imagination's utterances. — Unknown Author
But how do European railways manage without them? How do they continue to convey millions of travellers and mountains of luggage across a continent? If… — Peter Kropotkin
Always stay sharp on railways and cruise ships for transit has a way of making everything clear. — Anna Godbersen
As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot know… — Alfred Russel Wallace
In my view, Indian Railways has immense untapped potential. — Lalu Prasad Yadav
First Europe, and then the globe, will be linked by flight, and nations so knit together that they will grow to be next-door neighbors. .… — Unknown Author
The life my people want is a life of freedom. I have seen nothing that a white man has, houses or railways or clothing or… — Sitting Bull
Wealth and speed are what the world admires, what each pursues. Railways, express mails, steamships and every possible facility for communications are the achievement in… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
People's lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that. — Nina Bawden
I was a wild kid. I was left to climb trees. And you know those railways logs, they piled them up, six feet apart, and… — Shirley Bassey
We who have lived before railways were made belong to another world. It was only yesterday, but what a gulf between now and then! Then… — William Makepeace Thackeray
People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. — John Betjeman
Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink. — Paul Theroux
I met my second husband on a bus. We looked at each other and that was it. We were both married to other people at… — Nina Bawden
It is very difficult to say nowadays where the suburbs of London come to an end and where the country begins. The railways, instead of… — Anthony Trollope
The most obvious and yet the oldest and most stubborn error on which the appeal of inflation rests is that of confusing ‘money’ with ‘wealth’…Real… — Henry Hazlitt
If God had intended us to fly he would have given us railways. — Michael Flanders
[regarding US conquest of the Philippines] "I turn green in bed at midnight if I think of the horror of a year's warfare in the… — Henry Adams
The 19th century was the great period of engineering, thanks to the railways, thanks to lots of discoveries in metallurgy. — Joe Harris
I really don't understand the idea of a celebrity stylist. Is it a real job? I know there's unemployment, but frankly the railways need to… — Daphne Guinness
We were also able to do a great deal of work to improve highways, airports and airways, waterways, and railways, all of which are important… — Nick Lampson
There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness… — H.G. Wells
Why should I tell you where I am going to get funds from? If I were to do that then all the vested interests would… — Lalu Prasad Yadav

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