Hudson River Railroad

Famous quotes containing the words hudson, river and/or railroad:

    I’m so happy to be here. Instead of in a hotel full of tourists. Like me.
    H.E. Bates, British screenwriter, and David Lean. Jane Hudson (Katherine Hepburn)

    I journeyed to London, to the timekept City,
    Where the River flows, with foreign flotations.
    There I was told: we have too many churches,
    And too few chop-houses.
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    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)