Machine Quotes

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A party is like a sausage machine, it grinds up all sorts of heads together into the same baloney ... — Henrik Ibsen
It gripped her hand gently. 'Regret is for humans,' it said. She laughed. 'Really?' The machine shrugged and let go of her hand. 'Oh, no.… — Iain Banks
Read to your children Twenty minutes a day; You have the time, And so do they. Read while the laundry is in the machine; Read… — Richard Peck
They were not friends, Comdrade Pillai and Inspector Thomas Matthew, and they didn't trust each other. But they understood each other perfectly. They were both… — Arundhati Roy
That machine took my money!' I said. 'I must have revenge! — James Patterson
Coincidences happen, but I've come to believe they are actually quite rare. Something is at work, okay? Somewhere in the universe (or behind it), a… — Stephen King
Since there is no one else to praise me, I will praise myself -- will say that I have never tampered with a single tooth… — Kurt Vonnegut
What a strange development of patriotism that turns a thinking being into a loyal machine! — Emma Goldman
Maybe belief is the biggest lie. In ages past, the earliest philosophers tried to explain the stars in the sky and the world around them.… — Dan Abnett
What I mean is that if you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else. That… — Douglas Adams
It is not your passing thoughts or brilliant ideas so much as your plain everyday habits that control your life....Live simply. Donâ€™t get caught in… — Paramahansa Yogananda
My body was a machine, plain and simple. I worked it to stay strong; I fed it to keep it running. — Ann Aguirre
Not saving you from this storm, mutant,â€ he said. â€œSaving you for your later fate, we are.â€ His voice was weirdly inflected and metallic, like… — James Patterson
Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can… — Erich Fromm
You talk as if a god had made the Machine," cried the other. "I believe that you pray to it when you are unhappy. Men… — E. M. Forster
I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I… — John Muir
You could fire a machine gun randomly through the pages of Lord of the Rings and never hit any women. — Neil Gaiman
I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of â€˜thinkingâ€™ and â€˜enjoyingâ€™ what they call â€˜livingâ€™, I just wanted… — Jack Kerouac
Koschei, Koschei,â€ she whispered. â€œWhat would I have been if I had never seen the birds? I am no one; I am nothing. I am… — Catherynne M. Valente
Oh diary, I love her, I love her, I love her so much. Jordana is the most amazing person I have ever met. I could… — Joe Dunthorne

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