Quotes with railroad

  • People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism.

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  • Theodore Roosevelt A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Ada Louise Huxtable Nothing was more up-to-date when it was built, or is more obsolete today, than the railroad station.
    Ada Louise Huxtable
    American architecture critic and writer (1921 - 2013)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson There is no way to success in art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on the railroad, all day and every day.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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