Machine Quotes

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Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. — Henry David Thoreau
GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason. — Ambrose Bierce
I came out for exercise, gentle exercise, and to notice the scenery and to botanise. And no sooner do I get on that accursed machine… — H.G. Wells
Parents have a right to expect that their efforts at home won't be undone each day in the school cafeteria or in the vending machine… — Michelle Obama
I'm an eye. A mechanical eye. I, the machine, show you a world the way only I can see it...I approach and pull away from… — Dziga Vertov
In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can't… — Dave Grohl
But Humanity, in its desire for comfort, had over-reached itself. It had exploited the riches of nature too far. Quietly and complacently, it was sinking… — E. M. Forster
God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly… — C.S. Lewis
My dad used to say, 'You have to become part of the machine to beat the machine,' and there's some validity in it. But honestly,… — Michael Shannon
Cut word lines â€” Cut music lines â€” Smash the control images â€” Smash the control machine â€” Burn the books â€” Kill the priests… — William S. Burroughs
There is civil disobedience against the military machine, protest against police brutality directed especially at people of color. — Howard Zinn
I think aerobatic flying is athletic. I don't do aerobatic flying, but I would put that in a category of a sport. I would put… — John Travolta
I have an iPod, but I do still love CDs. There's something nice and tangible about a CD. I'm a mixture of old and new… — Twiggy
How is it possible to live like a machine and bear fruit like a tree? — Douglas Wilson
Being unique is what's cool. Normal? What's normal? A setting on a washing machine. No one wants to be that. — Ashley Purdy
The human body is an incredible machine, but most people only get out of that machine what their mind allows them to. — Rich Froning Jr.
Computers are so deeply stupid. What bother me most when they talk about technology is they don't realize how much more exciting their minds are.… — Laurie Anderson
Meet the future; the future mode of transportation for this weary Western world. Now I'm not gonna make a lot of extravagant claims for this… — Butch Cassidy
In the context of the great debates about identity politics - are you gay or straight, nationalist or republican, British or English and so on… — Beatrix Campbell
For most cosmologists, a supernatural God is an unnecessary hypothesis. For most Americans, He is an unassailable fact. The American belief machine apparently has a… — Gary Sloan

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