Operating system Quote by Carl Honoré

“The mechanical clock,” as Lewis Mumford wrote, “made possible the idea of regular production, regular working hours and a standardized product.” In short, without…

— Neil Postman

“What’s wrong with turning back the clock if the clock is wrong? We need not be slaves to our technologies”

— Neil Postman

“the clock is not merely a means of keeping track of the hours, but of synchronising the actions of men”

— David Landes

CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time…

— Ambrose Bierce

What is a clock? Something agreed upon and arbitrarily imposed upon us. Standard time. Not true time. Symbolizing the whole standardization of our lives.

— Susan Glaspell

A clock is a little machine that shuts us out from the wonder of time.

— Susan Glaspell

The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity to the…

— Jay Griffiths

A Clock is not time; it's numbers and springs. Pay it no mind.

— Peter S. Beagle

“The regularity of the clock was a metaphor for the accuracy of the universe. For the accuracy of God's creative achievement. So the clock…

— Peter Høeg

“Clocks served two purposes, in my opinion. The first was to tell people the time, and the second to impress upon me that time…

— Cees Nooteboom

“the clock is ticking”

— Chinua Achebe (Author

“14. Procrastinator’s Clock. For those who are chronically late to meetings, there’s the Procrastinator’s Clock, a downloadable program for your computer, that displays a…

— Richard H. Thaler