Machine Quotes

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Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became… — L. Frank Baum
To invent out of knowledge means to produce inventions that are true. Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside him. It… — Ernest Hemingway
When man wanted to make a machine that would walk he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg. — Guillaume Apollinaire
Some people seem to believe that for each problem there is a solution readily available - a solution that can be promptly achieved by passing… — John W. Gardner
The terrible, cold, cruel part is Wall Street. Rivers of gold flow there from all over the earth, and death comes with it. There, as… — Federico Garcia Lorca
A running machine, that glides over mud, crud and goop. — Ed Eyestone
There's one little room in my house which is filled with all my clutter and bits and pieces. My sewing machine is up there, and… — Julia Roberts
Wrong location? Move it. Wrong people? Replace 'em. Wrong industry? I don't believe it. I've got a company in the machine tools industry, and we're… — Ken Hendricks
Sometimes I wish I was a beautiful machine so I could resist your kiss and not cry when you're mean. — Lana Del Rey
He's a machine for competitive balance, ... Yes, the money is in New York. Yes, the money is in his hands. But he squanders money.… — Michael Lewis
A good idea turns every cog in your mind, making you scared of bed in case the whole machine grinds to a halt. — Trevor Baylis
I am beginning to think of the human imagination as a fruit machine on which victories are rare and separated by much vain expense, and… — Philip Larkin
To me, it doesn't matter if your scapegoats are the Jews, the homosexuals, the male sex, the Masons, the Jesuits, the Welfare Parasites, the Power… — Robert Anton Wilson
Every important machine's got to have a big red button. — Joseph DeRisi
Complete and accurate surveillance as a means of control is probably a practical impossibility. What is much more likely is a loss of privacy and… — Victor C. Ferkiss
After years of study and personal on-site investigation of UFO reports, I am certain that there is more than ample high-quality observational evidence from highly… — Raymond E. Fowler
A Machine to Make a Future is an insightful and creative contribution to the literature--both scholarly and journalistic--on contemporary genomics. By 'experimenting' with narrative genre,… — Nadia Abu El Haj
Congress, 535 commoditized temple monkeys pawing through the ruins of America in search of bribes. The bicameral whorehouse on Capitol Hill works like a vending… — Fred Reed
From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I'd use… — Melissa George
The United States has it's own propaganda, but it's very effective because people don't realize that it's propaganda. And it's subtle, but it's actually a… — Crispin Glover

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