Mechanical Quotes

325 quotes by 272 authors

It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. — John Stuart Mill
People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too. — Christopher Morley
I hope climate science becomes the big thing. And then what I want is electrical engineers to solve the world's energy problems, energy distribution problems.… — Bill Nye
As you may know, I am a mechanical engineer. — Bill Nye
There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible. — P.J. O'Rourke
A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers,… — C. Northcote Parkinson
If the individual is a unit in a corporate mass, his life is not merely brutish and short, but dull and mechanical. — Herbert Read
But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation of… — Buddy Rich
Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn. — Henry David Thoreau
There's another disadvantage to the use of the flashlight: like many other mechanical gadgets it tends to separate a man from the world around him.… — Edward Abbey
People think that talking is a sign of thinking. It isn't, for the most part' on the contrary, it's a mechanical dodge of the body… — Aleister Crowley
As readers, we have gone from learning a precious craft whose secret was held by a jealous few, to taking for granted a skin that… — Alberto Manguel
... A CLOCKWORK ORANGE- and I said: 'That's a fair gloopy title. Who ever heard of a clockwork orange?' Then I read a malenky bit… — Anthony Burgess
The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology… — Michael Pollan
Of course genes canâ€™t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is… — Steven Pinker
SITTING TIGHT? Holing up? Waiting for answers? Those are things I'm not good at. Planning a massive attack against mechanical geeky-like things when i was… — James Patterson
It has been discovered that with a dull urban population, all formed under a mechanical system of State education, a suggestion or command, however senseless… — Hilaire Belloc
My life is a pitiful, mechanical thing without a past, like a little wind-up car, ready to run in any direction someone points me. — Barbara Kingsolver
So many people never pause long enough to make up their minds about basic issues of life and death. It's quite possible to go through… — Catherine Marshall

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