Mechanical Quotes

325 quotes by 272 authors

Print is predictable and impersonal, conveying information in a mechanical transaction with the readerâ€™s eye. Handwriting, by contrast, resists the eye, reveals its meaning slowly,… — Ruth Ozeki
Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a total klutz." She smirked.… — Rick Riordan
The height of artistic skill is to know how to conceal the mechanical effort and strain beneath harmonious calm. — August Bournonville
The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty. — Friedrich Schiller
But remember that intent is everything. One does not just jump, one lifts into the air, one rises. In the same way the lifted leg… — Agnes de Mille
The best acting is instinctive. It's not intellectual, it's not mechanical, it's instinctive. — Craig McDonald
Divide in yourself the mechanical from the conscious, see how little there is of the conscious, how seldom it works, and how strong is the… — P D Ouspensky
We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The idea that the majority of students attend a university for an education independent of the degree and grades is a hypocrisy everyone is happier… — Robert M. Pirsig
Science sees the process of evolution from the outside, as one might a train of cars going by, and resolves it into the physical and… — John Burroughs
Not a superman who stumbles, but an ape with makeshift manners in whose nickel-plated jungles roam mechanical bananas. — Unknown Author
I happen to love engineering. I love figuring things out in a spatial sense, that whole realm of working with mechanical parts, and the relationship… — Arthur Ganson
Maths should be more practical and more conceptual, but less mechanical. — Conrad Wolfram
The spot paintings and spin paintings were trying to find mechanical ways to make paintings. — Damien Hirst
I used to think of George Michael as being mechanical, like a scientist in a white coat, working in a laboratory, creating perfect harmonies, and… — Boy George
There is no doubt that some plant food, such as oatmeal, is more economical than meat, and superior to it in regard to both mechanical… — Nikola Tesla
I wanted to build something that was a system - that was mechanical and would propagate itself like a virus. I needed a way for… — Michael Birch
Cinema is made to film material: the body. By filming the material, the mechanical, the worker, we arrive at the spiritual. — Bruno Dumont
As the son of a racing car designer and mechanical engineer, I was exposed to motorsports from day one. — Charlie Kimball
In man, the mechanical breathing is essential to life, and it is one of the old tests for death to see whether these movements have… — August Krogh

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