Electric Quotes

518 quotes by 410 authors

We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out how it travels inside wires. — Dave Barry
A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday. — Erma Bombeck
Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most… — Louis D. Brandeis
Technology is such a broad kind of term, it really applies to so many things, from the electric light to running cars on oil. All… — Jeff Bridges
If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses. — Lenny Bruce
When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it… — George Carlin
I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar. — Nick Cave
Oil is a very valuable resource for life - electric heaters. We must have to transition ourselves to a post-oil era. And that's what we… — Hugo Chavez
I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead. — Clarence Clemons
I probably wouldn't be a good spokesman for an electric car, because I'll still get on a private jet, and one flight on a private… — George Clooney
I suppose when I started playing guitar, it was the means to an end. I never thought of myself as a fully fledged guitar instrumentalist.… — Ian Anderson
When I was a teenager, I really didn't like loud rock music. I listened to jazz and blues and folk music. I've always preferred acoustic… — Ian Anderson
I felt a responsibility to present a viable alternative to the popular electric sound. — Ron Carter
It is impossible not to feel stirred at the thought of the emotions of man at certain historic moments of adventure and discovery - Columbus… — Alfred North Whitehead
This was one of those special occasions when I could actually feel the inner appreciation of the beauty of the moment passing like an electric… — Prince Charles
One has the feeling of enormous safety. You don't have the torque from the propeller. You have no noise; it's almost like little electric motors… — Erich Warsitz
Far too often, we fathers avoid the subject because it's so awkward. The subject I am referring to is: buying gifts for women. This is… — Dave Barry
Swinging at daisies is like playing electric guitar with a tennis racket: if it were that easy, we could all be Jerry Garcia. The ball… — Michael Bamberger
Persons grouped around a fire or candle for warmth or light are less able to pursue independent thoughts, or even tasks, than people supplied with… — Marshall McLuhan
Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are the noisy, unnatural… — Beverley Nichols

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