Mountains Railroad

Famous quotes containing the words mountains and/or railroad:

“He who lets the tiger go back to the mountains will surely suffer later on.”
—Chinese proverb.

“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)