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Machines Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- In reality, moral rules are directions for running the human machine. Every moral rule is there to prevent a breakdown, or a strain, or a…
- The people with very hard problems are understood by God. He knows what wretched machines they are trying to drive. Some day he will fling…
- God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly…
- That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended - civilizations are built up - excellent institutions devised; but each time something goes wrong.…
- God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly…
- A world of automata – of creatures that worked like machines – would hardly be worth creating.
- But if you are a poor creature--poisoned by a wretched up-bringing in some house full of vulgar jealousies and senseless quarrels--saddled, by no choice of…
More Machines Quotes
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird. — Neil Armstrong
- On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers… — Charles Babbage
- The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular… — Charles Babbage
- A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved… — Charles Babbage
- Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity. — Charles Babbage
- In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase… — Charles Babbage
- Few people wear out before their time. Mostly they rust out, worry out, run out - spill out. A machine must have… — George Matthew Adams
- I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator… — J. G. Ballard
- I occasionally go to the gym and I lift free weights, I don't use machines. — Eric Bana
- Hollywood is a very strong machine that needs, and in... especially with female actors, fresh flesh. It's that cruel. But that's the… — Antonio Banderas
- I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit. — Travis Barker