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title: "4 Build Machines Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [They build machines they can't control, and bury the waste in a great big hole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sting/they-build-machines-they-can-t-control-and-bury-the-waste-in-a-great/)

[Sting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sting/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cf/sting-3009_bigs_they-build-machines-they-can-t-control-a_38418.png)

> [“The nations that build machines will own the nations that kneel for miracles”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yemi-success-md/the-nations-that-build-machines-will-own-the-nations-that-kneel-for/)

[‘Yemi Success, MD](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yemi-success-md/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/909/yemi-success-md-78351_computers_the-nations-that-build-machines-will-own_2344200.jpg)

> [If we are machines, then in principle at least, we should be able to build machines out of other stuff, which are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-brooks/if-we-are-machines-then-in-principle-at-least-we-should-be-able-to/)

[Rodney Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/rodney-brooks-16742_able_if-we-are-machines-then-in-principle-at_2417099.png)

> [Computers and rocket ships are examples of invention, not of understanding. ... All that is needed to build machines is the knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-adams/computers-and-rocket-ships-are-examples-of-invention-not-of/)

[Scott Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d05/scott-adams-666_accumulation_computers-and-rocket-ships-are-examples_3138566.jpg)

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