Closely Observed Trains

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

    “Lust and self-mutilation are closely related impulses. There are also self-mutilators among knowers: they do not want to be creators under any circumstances.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “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.

    “Ever notice how these European trains always smell of eau de cologne and hard boiled eggs?”
    —Billy Wilder (b. 1906)