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Quotes About Trains

Beneath the clock was an enormous arrow, on which was printed: Change Here For Eastern Trains. But time had no arrow, not here.
~ Martin Amis
Eszta fejében addig volt csend, amíg Ráhel meg nem érkezett. De a lány magával hozta az elrobogó vonatok hangját, és azt a fényt meg árnyékot, mely akkor éri az embert, ha az ablak mellett ül.
~ Arundhati Roy
After a wet and muddy day in London I've seen the trains pull into Charing Cross with snow piled on the roofs of the carriages, and felt a foot taller for joy that I was one of those fortunate who might step into a train and go down into a white countryside.
~ Enid Bagnold
The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations,Silk stockings thrown aside, dance invitations:Oh how the ghost of you clings!These foolish thingsRemind me of you.
~ Eric Maschwitz
A society sufficiently sophisticated to produce the internal combustion engine has not had the sophistication to develop cheap and efficient public transport?' 'Yes, boss... it's true. There's hardly any buses, the trains are hopelessly underfunded, and hence the entire population is stuck in traffic
~ Ben Elton
I love trains. It's the only way to travel anymore where it doesn't involve a TSA agent slowly tracing the curve of my inner thigh.
~ Bill Maher
A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.
~ Joseph Epstein
Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and planes.
~ Alan Rickman
I shall have spent my life in railway stations Nearly departing For catastrophes, All for love And my heart haloed with the madness of love. Nothing is quite so beautiful as the trains I've missed …
~ Jules Laforgue
Yeah it's mostly driving and taking airplanes but I like the trains - they're probably my favorite mode of transportation. They're smooth, steady, and you've got a lot of room and can walk around.
~ Adrianne Lenker
I'm constitutionally incapable of working on planes or trains, and airports are definitely out.
~ Damon Galgut
My knowledge of trains - and love before first sight, love at negative-one sight - comes from Alfred Hitchcock.
~ Darin Strauss
I used to play with model trains when I was a kid, and then I used to study history.
~ Alan Taylor
Frustration with the trains is inevitable, given the daily difficulties commuters face.
~ Nish Kumar
Many Americans have a romanticized view of trains, rooted in a bygone era of elaborately adorned rail cars lit by flickering gas lamps and pulled by smoke-belching steam locomotives.
~ Alan Huffman
Agriculture is one of the biggest causes of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Cars? Planes? Trains? Nope. Cow farts.
~ Zazie Beetz
The advantage of trains over planes is that there is much less hassle. You can get up from your seat and stroll about; you're more likely to meet people, and, particularly if you're making a long journey, you can actually see the terrain.
~ Michael Portillo
The slow pace of trains in the U.S. can be maddening, particularly during delays on rail sidings for an hour or more to enable freight trains - which have the right-of-way - to pass.
~ Alan Huffman
I never expected that. I didn't aim for that. All I wanted was to get some nice pictures of trains at night.
~ O. Winston Link
Trains had the greatest bass sound in the world.
~ Dion DiMucci
I take a lot of trains, so I love reading on the train. I get really annoyed when there are no delays, because I just want to keep reading and finish my book.
~ Zoe Ball
Leadership is inspiring people. Management is keeping the trains running on time.
~ Andy Dunn
I've talked to a lot of artists - painters, writers, musicians - many of whom have had great ideas on trains. The only explanation I have is all that stuff is coming at you while you're relaxed, so somehow it kicks you into hyperspace in terms of brain function.
~ Peter Gabriel
I have a huge Lego collection - I have a really big Lego collection. We're talking pretty darn large. I also have a huge collection of original stainless steel Thomas the Tank Engine train toys. Beautiful little trains; they're my favorite thing in the world.
~ Callan McAuliffe