Quotes for All
Internationally, there are countries going well beyond the course, with airlines, transportation. There are systems around the world that have explored mining, rail transport, television, communication, Internet service – there very common examples around the world that we can draw examples from. Gar Alperovitz
To pretend I was sliding down the stair rail. He laughed again. You should have done it. I would have caught you at the bottom. Gail Carson Levine
No one is here, Char said. You need resist temptation no longer. Only if you slide too. I’ll go first so I can catch you at the bottom. He flew down so incautiously that I suspected him of years of practice in his own castle. It was my turn. The ride was a dream, longer … Read more
Do you like to slide? His voice was eager. Stair rails! Did he suspect me? I forced a sigh. No, Majesty. I’m terrified of heights. Oh. His polite tone had returned. I wish I could enjoy it. This fear of heights is an affliction. He nodded, a show of sympathy but not much interest. I … Read more
Rail is such an undignified way to travel. All that rapid racing about. Floating has so much more gravitas. Gail Carriger
As I crawled out of the abyss of combat and over the rail of the Sea Runner, I realized that compassion for the sufferings of others is a burden to those who have it. As Wilfred Owen’s poem Insensibility puts it so well, those who feel most of others suffer most in war. Eugene B. … Read more
It’s infrequent that people are rail thin yet have high blood pressure. Eric Topol
By my count, the Deputy Prime Minister has sworn an oath of loyalty and service to Her Majesty no fewer than four times in the last two years, yet he has used his position as a minister of the Crown as a podium from which to rail against our history and our heritage. The minister … Read more
Karen, her elbows folded on the deck-rail, wanted to share with someone the pleasure in being alone: this is the paradox of any happy solitude. She had never landed at Cork, so this hill and that hill beyond were as unexpected as pictures at which you say \”Oh look!\” Nobody was beside her to share … Read more
There was an Old Man with an owl, Who continued to bother and howl; He sate on a rail, and imbibed bitter ale, Which refreshed that Old Man and his owl. Edward Lear