Nickel Plate Road

Famous quotes containing the words nickel, plate and/or road:

    “Castro couldn’t even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet.”
    —Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)

    “Then he rang the bell and ordered a ham sandwich. When the maid placed the plate on the table, he deliberately looked away but as soon as the door had shut, he grabbed the sandwich with both hands, immediately soiled his fingers and chin with the hanging margin of fat and, grunting greedily, began to much.”
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    “The road to wisdom?—Well, it’s plain
    and simple to express:
    Err
    and err
    and err again
    but less
    and less
    and less.”
    —Piet Hein (b. 1905)