Crank Quotes

89 Crank quotes by 79 unique authors

There are a couple of people in the world who can really program in C or FØRTRAN. They write more code in less time than… — Bill Joy
The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible — C.S. Lewis
Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that.... The real job of every moral teacher is… — C.S. Lewis
I've been a huge Psychedelic Furs fan for a long time. I love Butler's paintings, too. I like all their songs. I'll even crank 'Pretty… — Norman Reedus
I still like to make crank calls. — Kate Walsh
You might argue that I make the rounds no matter what year it is, but sometimes the human race likes to crank things up a… — Markus Zusak
Life gets boring, someone invents another necessity, and once again we turn the crank on the screwjack of progress hoping that nobody gets screwed. — Larry Wall
Cranks live by theory, not by pure desire. They want votes, peace, nuts, liberty, and spinning-looms not because they love these things, as a child… — Rose Macaulay
I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and makes people joyful;… — Martin Luther
If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank. — William Dean Howells
Without bigots, eccentrics, cranks and heretics the world would not progress. — Gelett Burgess
Enlightened self-interest from those involved in hydrocarbons should lead to the support of technologies enabling the clean use of hydrocarbons, such as carbon capture and… — Nicholas Stern
I bring a poofy gray down jacket with me wherever I go. It's meant for winter, but I use it most in the summer, when… — Leslie Mann
Pretty much anything you care to imagine can happen in a fantasy, which in turn means you can really crank up the intensity of the… — Richard K. Morgan
Old cranks have practiced all their lives, just as old saints have likewise practiced all their lives. They just practiced different life principles. — John Powell
More cranks take up unfashionable errors than unfashionable truths. — Bertrand Russell
My first single I was nominated for a Grammy with 'Crank That,' and I lost a Grammy to Kanye West, but it was still such… — Soulja Boy
When I was in my early 20s, my dream was to write mystery novels. I wanted to do what my favourite crime writer, Ross Macdonald,… — Linwood Barclay
In the computer industry, you've got an interdisciplinary team of people who can come together, attack the problem, and work in a collaborative style. You… — Paul Allen
Crank up the Beach Boys, Baby. — Randy Newman
Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe. Remarking on the complexity… — Alfonso X of Castile
I mean, horror films in general put humans in these awful supernatural or horrible situations, but 'Cabin In The Woods' cranks it up a few… — Fran Kranz
There is a strange idea aboard, held by all monetary cranks, that credit is something a banker gives to a man. Credit, on the contrary,… — Henry Hazlitt
We might define an eccentric as a man who is a law unto himself, and a crank as one who, having determined what the law… — Louis Kronenberger
By now, a million pedal strokes have etched the muscles in my legs with a single purpose: to power the crank and move the bicycle… — Frosty Wooldridge

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