Railroading Quotes & Sayings

Hearts may break, and relationships end, but life goes on. You can't stop life's motion; it's either you let life pass you by or you go with it's motion. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Maybe it was just Mr. Wilson's obvious love of the subject he taught. Maybe it was simply his cool accent and his youth. The entire student body tried to mimic him. Girls crowded around him, and the boys watched him, fascinated, as if a rockstar had descended into our midsts. — Amy Harmon

[M]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out of the common road. — John Locke

When railroading time comes you can railroad - but not before. — Robert A. Heinlein

I always love to do my own stunts when they let me, right? — Lucas Till

Abraham," he said. "I'm pleased to see you alive, old friend."
"And I to see you dead. — Seth Grahame-Smith

The dignity of the individual demands that he be not reduced to vassalage by the largesse of others. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

There's nothing half so real in life as the things you've done ... inexorably, unalterably done. — Sara Teasdale

a common language was a wonderful idea, but utterly utopian. All good ideas were, she said sadly. Ursula — Kate Atkinson

Thanks a lot, society, for railroading my ass. — Aileen Wuornos

When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me. — Brian Eno

When you delve deep enough, you find that practically every great fortune and great enterprise in America have sprung from the courageous enterprise of some individual. It was Commodore Vanderbilt's enterprise in switching first from running a ferryboat to running other ships, and then, when he was well along in years, his enterprise in switching into railroading, that created what was to become one of the most notable fortunes in the history of the world. — B.C. Forbes

To run this business ... you need ... optimism, humanism, enthusiasm, intuition, curiosity, love, humour, magic and fun, and that secret ingredient-euph oria. — Anita Roddick

I did the only really brave thing I have ever done in my life: I inched forward. — Robert A. Heinlein

They still don't want to admit to the world that this isn't the best and the fairest and most equal justice system. And that they are guilty of railroading people into jail. They don't want to, or never will, admit these things. — Leonard Peltier

Love can heal. Love can renew. Love can make us safe. Love can inspire us with its power. Love can bring us closer to God. — Deepak Chopra

The whole problem is spirituality-not finances. Spiritually strong = welfare strong. — Marion G. Romney

It is hard to make railroading pleasant in any country. It is too tedious. — Mark Twain

What would the new teacher, representing France, teach us? Railroading? No. France knows nothing valuable about railroading. Steamshipping? No. France has no superiorities over us in that matter. Steamboating? No. French steamboating is still of Fulton's date
1809. Postal service? No. France is a back number there. Telegraphy? No, we taught her that ourselves. Journalism? No. Magazining? No, that is our own specialty. Government? No; Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, Nobility, Democracy, Adultery the system is too variegated for our climate. Religion? No, not variegated enough for our climate. Morals? No, we cannot rob the poor to enrich ourselves. — Mark Twain

As far as my characters doing what I want them to, I'm afraid I'm not a real writer like the rest of you because I can manage to force them into just about anything. One day I hope my characters lead me around by the nose, talking to me and yelling NO! Or YES! Whatever the case may be. However, until then, I'll keep railroading their asses. — Jessie Chandler

Finally I decided that if it was so difficult to find a redblooded intelligent man who was still pure by the time he was twenty-one I might as well forget about staying pure myself and marry somebody who wasn't pure either. Then when he started to make my life miserable I could make his miserable as well. — Sylvia Plath