Inanimate Quotes

94 Inanimate quotes by 86 unique authors

Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost. — Russell Baker
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. — Russell Baker
War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter. — Carl von Clausewitz
I know that certain minds would regard as audacious the idea of relating the laws which preside over the play of our organs to those… — Francois Magendie
We may say that life has borrowed from inanimate processes the same mechanism used in producing these striking structures that are crystals. — Linus Pauling
Physical science enjoys the distinction of being the most fundamental of the experimental sciences, and its laws are obeyed universally, so far as is known,… — Frederick Soddy
Science as an intellectual exercise enriches our culture, and is in itself ennobling. ... Though to the layman, the world revealed by the chemist may… — Henry Taube
One correspondent, who is into psychology, notes that in his experience people who are hoplophobes are nearly always nutty in other ways, too. Hoplophobia [fear… — Jeff Cooper
The likelihood of the formation of life from inanimate matter is 1 to a number with 40,000 noughts after it (1040,000).... It is big enough… — Fred Hoyle
A river is the most human and companionable of all inanimate things. It has a life, a character, a voice of its own; and it… — Henry Van Dyke
Yet is it possible in terms of the motion of atoms to explain how men can invent an electric motor, or design and build a… — Arthur Compton
Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. The possession of a good rifle,… — Jeff Cooper
Before I went to the Mess I made the excuse I wanted to get something out of my aeroplane, and climbed into the cockpit; I… — Charles Rumney Samson
My biggest fear? My biggest fear would be turning into an inanimate object. — Darren Criss
This is a slippery slope. In addition to that at what point are we going to be okay marrying inanimate objects? Can I marry this… — Unknown Author
The problem is that humans have victimized animals to such a degree that they are not even considered victims. They are not even considered at… — Gary Yourofsky
Inanimate objects are always correct and cannot, unfortunately, be reproached with anything. I have never observed a chair shift from one foot to another, or… — Zbigniew Herbert
The bottom line is that people dont have the right to manipulate or to breed dogs and cats ... If people want toys, they should… — Ingrid Newkirk
Yet soil is miraculous. It is where the dead are brought back to life. Here, in the thin earthy boundary between inanimate rock and the… — Toby Hemenway
We take pleasure in truth and it amazes the eye of the viewer to see in stone, in canvas, or in wood an inanimate thing… — Unknown Author
Music is one of the only inanimate things we have left. It can still be mystical, magical and awe-inspiring — Nelly Furtado
People say to you, 'you've changed', or something like that, well, I hope, for the sake of God, that you have changed, because I don't… — Hamza Yusuf
A book which is left on a shelf is a dead thing but it is also a chrysalis, an inanimate object packed with the potential… — Susan Hill
When humans should have become as perfect in voluntary obedience as the inanimate creation is in its lifeless obedience, then they will put on its… — C.S. Lewis
Bottom line: Outbursts of anger - including screaming, throwing things, banging inanimate objects, slamming doors, squealing tires, stomping around, making threats, shoving, restraining, cornering, or… — Paul the Apostle

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