Roads Bridge Tunnel

Famous quotes containing the words roads, bridge and/or tunnel:

    “This, my first [bicycle] had an intrinsic beauty. And it opened for me an era of all but flying, which roads emptily crossing the airy, gold-gorsy Common enhanced. Nothing since has equalled that birdlike freedom.”
    —Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)

    “London Bridge is broken down,
    Dance o’er my lady lee,
    London Bridge is broken down,
    With a gay lady.
    How shall we build it up again?
    Dance o’er my lady lee,”
    —Unknown. London Bridge (l. 1–6)

    “You may raise enough money to tunnel a mountain, but you cannot raise money enough to hire a man who is minding his own business.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)