Rails Quotes

“Across the sea fat kings watched and were gleeful, that something begun so well had now gone off the rails (as down South similar kings watched), and if it went off the rails, so went the whole kit, forever, and if someone ever thought to start it up again, well, it would be said (and said truly): The rabble cannot manage itself.Well, the rabble could. The rabble would.He would lead the rabble in managing.The thing would be won.”

“You only go through High School once, but if you go through the way we did, that's enough.”

“You, whom I have always loved and never found, you whom I expected to see at the end of the rails beyond the horizon—”

“there are so many dayswhen living stops and pulls up and sitsand waits like a train on the rails.”

“I'm off the rails, tipping the scales, following the trail, delving into my own custom made form of outer space.”

“However, for the purposes of migrating existing Rails applications to services, the shared database approach may be necessary in the early stages.”

“Wearing a tuxedo isn't as simple as it sounds. I've been to a lot of award shows in Hollywood over the years and have seen some pretty sad tuxes. It's surprisingly easy to go off the rails.”

“What was a prisoner of war anyway? Less than a man, just material to be used to make the railway, like the teak sleepers and steel rails and dog spikes.”

“There are lots of different interpretations of the word 'prodigy.' My own is of someone who is talented and tries to help other children. So in that respect I could be called one, although I don't think I'll go off the rails.”