William Cornelius Van Horne Quotes

• If we can't export the scenery, we'll import the tourists.

  William Cornelius Van Horne

  Tourists, Scenery, Imports

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• Prosperity too often has the same effect on a Christian that a calm at sea has on a Dutch mariner; who frequently, it is said, in those circumstances, ties up the rudder, gets drunk, and goes to sleep.

  William Cornelius Van Horne

  Christian, Sleep, Sea

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• Cheerfulness is the daughter of employment; and I have known a man come home in high spirits from a funeral, merely because he has had the management of it.

  William Cornelius Van Horne

  Daughter, Home, Men

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• There are more speculators about New Westminster and Victoria than there were in Winnipeg during the boom and they are a much sharper lot. Nearly every person is more or less interested and you will have to be on your guard against all of them.

  William Cornelius Van Horne

  Persons, Victoria, Winnipeg

  Canadian Pacific Railway Company, William Cornelius Van Horne “Van Horne Letter Book: Dec. 3rd, 1884-Feb. 3rd, 1885”

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