Machine Quotes

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As for myself: I had come to the conclusion that there was nothing sacred about myself or any human being, that we were all machines,… — Kurt Vonnegut
Dear Sir, poor sir, brave sir." he read, "You are an experiment by the Creator of the Universe. You are the only creature in the… — Kurt Vonnegut
Somebody had tipped the American continent like a pinball machine and all the goofballs had come rolling to LA in the southwest corner. I cried… — Jack Kerouac
Did you ever hear one of those corny, positive messages on someone's answering machine? 'Hi, it's a great day and I'm out enjoying it right… — Andy Rooney
A man's at odds to know his mind cause his mind is aught he has to know it with. He can know his heart, but… — Cormac McCarthy
I saw a huge steam roller, It blotted out the sun. The people all lay down, lay down; They did not try to run. My… — Kurt Vonnegut
You can't kill us all, human.' He was right. I raised the machine gun a little. 'True, but who's going to be first in line? — Laurell K. Hamilton
...My sister Doreena who never lifted a royal finger growing up because she had the heart defect that we later found out was a fly… — Kathryn Stockett
I called. Why wasn't anyone here?"- Elena We were here." Clay said. "Around, anyway. You should have left a message." I did. Two hours ago."… — Kelley Armstrong
There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plans carefully. For example, there's a trick that… — Roald Dahl
Imagining isn't perfect. You can't get all the way inside someone else...But imagining being someone else, or the world being something else, is the only… — John Green
...When our thoughts revolve we are so often deceived into supposing that their violent movement is an indication of their vigorous originality, the upheaval of… — Janet Frame
Computers will have to learn that when I quote from some old author who spelled differently from the machine, the wishes of the long-dead author… — Robertson Davies
The need is not really for more brains, the need is now for a gentler, a more tolerant people than those who won for us… — Loren Eiseley
Wha-what?" Her eyes fluttered open. "Nothing," I shouted. "We're being followed by a slaying machine. Go back to sleep. — Rick Riordan
For Godâ€™s sake, let us be men not monkeys minding machines or sitting with our tails curled while the machine amuses us, the radio or… — D. H. Lawrence
Now imagine a life in which every day a person is presented with not two or even three but dozens of choices, and you can… — Elizabeth Gilbert
There is only one place to write and that is alone at a typewriter. The writer who has to go into the streets is a… — Charles Bukowski
You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"? — Rick Riordan
My dad was never one of those dads you could ask for a quarter if you saw a gumball machine. Instead he had one of… — S.A. Bodeen

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