Northern Central Railroad

Famous quotes containing the words northern, central and/or railroad:

    “In civilization, as in a southern latitude, man degenerates at length, and yields to the incursion of more northern tribes.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “It’s easy to forget how central the French people are in everything we mean when we say Europe.”
    —John Dos Passos (1896–1970)

    “People that 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, Sr. (1809–1894)