Quotes by Railroads Nothing was more up-to-date when it was built, or is more obsolete today, than the railroad station. Ada Louise Huxtable obsolete railroads today Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond, Canada was certainly an additional option for the many traveling the treacherous terrain of the Underground Railroad in pursuit of what was perceived as "freedom." Aisha Hinds railroads canada thank-god I just finished Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad," which I think is a work of genius. Alice Hoffman railroads genius thinking RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no better off. For this purpose the railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits him to make the transit with great expedition. Ambrose Bierce railroads purpose science These bright roofs, these steep towers, these jewel-lakes, these skeins of railroad line - all spoke to her and she answered. She was glad they were there. She belonged to them and they to her. Anne Morrow Lindbergh railroads jewels lakes Oh, the Irish were building the railroads down through Mexico, through Chihuahua. They finished the railroads when they finished out in the West Coast, and they went down and put the trains into Mexico. Anthony Quinn west-coast railroads mexico The system of transportation is not coherent; it is not treated as integral. Roads compete with with railroads and airlines in chaotic fashion, and at immense cost to the nation. Anthony Stafford Beer railroads cost fashion The bell of public opinion is today making the Morgan-Rockefeller-Vanderbilt class jump. Nor are the strongest of our corporations immune. The railroads have had to jump pretty lively, and certain gigantic industrial combinations are also being put through their paces. B. C. Forbes railroads public-opinion class I enjoy being busy, I really do. Remember, I'm the stub end of the railroad. I have no family, so I'm not taking busy time away from people that I should be spending it with. So I'm just relaxing and enjoying it. Betty White railroads remember people I bought a railroad during this period of time. Bill Janklow railroads periods I still want my right to defend myself. A railroad operation, and you know it, from Nixon on down. they got you running around violating my constitutional rights. Bobby Seale railroads rights running I realized that I was really tired of people popping on and off of my property like it was a train station on the supernatural railroad. Charlaine Harris railroads tired people 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. Perhaps it would be within bounds to say that without railroads to bind the States into one homogeneous whole, the Nation never could have attained its present size and importance. Charles Frederick Carter size railroads would-be Electricity is doing for the distribution of energy what the railroads have done for the distribution of materials. Charles Proteus Steinmetz railroads energy done The Transcontinental Railroad Act is the first step in creating a continental common market. Charles R. Morris railroads creating firsts A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by. Christopher Morley gongs railroads religion For an economy built to last we must invest in what will fuel us for generations to come. This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of our most historic bridges - our American ancestors prioritized growth and investment in our nation's infrastructure. Cory Booker railroads growth bridges I didn't grow up with Broadway music. My mother played Perry Como, while I listened to Andy Williams records. Later on it was Cream, Grand Funk Railroad and lots of R&B like the Isley Bros. and Parliament. Donny Osmond railroads growing-up mother I started composting in 1970 by taking my food scraps out behind where I lived and burying them in a hole next to the railroad tracks - and green things started to grow there! Ed Begley, Jr. railroads track green A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately. Eleanor Robson Belmont railroads car money 1234»