Closely Observed Trains

Famous quotes containing the words closely, observed and/or trains:

    “So closely interwoven have been our lives, our purposes, and experiences that, separated, we have a feeling of incompleteness—united, such strength of self-association that no ordinary obstacles, difficulties, or dangers ever appear to us insurmountable.”
    —Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)

    “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Matthew 2:2.

    The Wise men.

    “In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run on schedule.”
    —Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)