Machine Quotes

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The squeeze machine is not going to cure anybody, but it may help them relax; and a relaxed person will usually have better behavior. — Temple Grandin
Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. — Matt Groening
When I listen to music these days, and I hear Pro Tools and drums that sound like a machine - it kinda sucks the life… — Dave Grohl
Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain… — G I Gurdjieff
Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine. — G I Gurdjieff
A house is a machine for living in. — Le Corbusier
The thing I like about my body is that it's strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse... I can… — Cindy Crawford
I do know how to fire a machine gun, so be warned! I'm trained! — Claire Danes
I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions. — Charles Darwin
My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts. — Charles Darwin
The Germans are clear about what they do - cars and machine tools; the Japanese are clear about what they do - electronics; the Chinese… — Evan Davis
When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn't put too much emphasis on the word 'just.' There is a very great… — Richard Dawkins
I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life,… — Mos Def
Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are! — Charles Dickens
Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine. — Denis Diderot
When I moved out of my mom's house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her sewing machine behind as anything else. — Beth Ditto
The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages. — Will Durant
The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority. — Will Durant
Emotionally, I was affected a lot by Rage Against the Machine, not specifically the literal intention of the words or what it was about, but… — Fred Durst
When I started off, I was working in a shed behind my house. All I had was a drill, an electric drill. That was the… — James Dyson

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