Machine Quotes

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A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and… — William Strunk, Jr.
Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape. What would be… — George Takei
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say,… — Henry David Thoreau
My wife and I, unlike many intellectuals, spent five years working on assembly lines. We came to fully understand the criticisms of the industrial age,… — Alvin Toffler
Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let… — Leo Tolstoy
As a young man, every bone in my body wanted to pick up a machine gun and kill Germans. And yet I had absolutely no… — Pete Townshend
The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda… — Harry S. Truman
Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain… — Ted Turner
I have a friend of mine who does me on his answering machine, and when I call him, I answer. It's pretty strange. — Christopher Walken
Nothing is less instructive than a machine. — Simone Weil
I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an hour away from… — Florence Welch
The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation. — Oscar Wilde
You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine. — Flip Wilson
I am enjoying my face changing, as well as realizing that at the same time, as you get older, the machine isn't as well-oiled as… — Kate Winslet
Robots may cut down on infection and mean a consultant can see more patients, but wouldn't you rather meet the doctor than a machine? — Robert Winston
Nearly all inventions are not recognised for their positive side either when they're made. So, for example, scientists didn't go out to design a CD… — Robert Winston
Broadway purists may deplore the influx of movie-spinoff musicals in recent years, wishing someone would turn off the popcorn machine and let more imaginative brainstorms… — James Wolcott
I remember the beginnings of the Kurzweil reading machine. I was one of the first to meet Ray Kurzweil and purchase the reading machine in… — Stevie Wonder
A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an… — Frank Lloyd Wright
I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I'm home now. But leave a message and I'll call when I'm out. — Steven Wright

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