Machine Quotes

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The modern story begun, one might say, with Edgar Allan Poe, which proceeds inexorably, like a machine destined to accomplish its mission with the maximum… — Julio Cortazar
Suddenly I realize that this is what I've been waiting for - a man who depends entirely on me... I dreamed for years of a… — Jodi Picoult
Human beings are tool-making animals. Since the prehistoric era, we have created and used a wide variety of objects. But now a significant change is… — John Twelve Hawks
I won't put in a load of laundry, because the machine is too loud and would drown out other, more significant noises - namely, the… — David Sedaris
Most countries are static, all they need to do is keep having babies. But America's like this big old clanking smoking machine that just lumbers… — Neal Stephenson
Speed is the form of ecstasy the technical revolution has bestowed on man. As opposed to a motorcyclist, the runner is always present in his… — Milan Kundera
Several sellers of hot meat pies and sausages in a bun had appeared from nowhere and were doing a brisk trade. [Footnote: They always do,… — Terry Pratchett
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths. We must be willing to get rid of the life we planned, so as to have the… — Joseph Campbell
Everybody has a â€˜gripping strangerâ€™ in their lives, Andy, a stranger who unwittingly possesses a bizarre hold over you. Maybe itâ€™s the kid in cut-offs… — Douglas Coupland
the neighborhood is nothing but a protective zone- remodeling, disinfection, a snobbish and hygenic design- but above all in a figurative sense: it is a… — Jean Baudrillard
All morning, Spence has been a well-oiled machine of activity. Everyone doing her bit, quietly and efficiently. It's strange how deliberate people are after a… — Libba Bray
Americans love to pick up, move on, start over. But instead of being somebody fresh and new, they become somebody lonely and lost, or, far… — Orson Scott Card
I'll just tell you what I remember because memory is as close as I've gotten to building my own time machine. — Samantha Hunt
It's a vicious cycle. It's like a washing machine with the lid jammed down. -Christina Kratovac (pg 53) — Jaclyn Moriarty
Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and… — Ray Bradbury
What is an adventure? That depends on where you are starting from. Little girls in your country, they hide in the gap between the washing… — Chris Cleave
Yes, what we are doing is probably mad, and probably it is good and necessary all the same. It is not a good thing when… — Hermann Hesse
I let it ring. I wanted to breathe for a few minutes, and I could think of nothing that couldn't wait. Besides, I had paid… — Jeff Lindsay
Literature is that which denounces and slashes apart the repressing machine at the level of the signified. — Kathy Acker
Experiencing yourself out of context, divorced from your usual point of view, skews your perspective â€“ itâ€™s like hearing your voice on an answering machine.… — Slash

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