Mechanism Quotes

366 Mechanism quotes by 316 unique authors

[For men] to feel their souls withering within them, unthanked, to find their whole being sunk into an unrecognized abyss, to be counted off into… — John Ruskin
If I were to adopt pure mechanism as a philosophy, there would be no way I could choose to be a scholar. — Kenneth Lee Pike
How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them… — Abdul Kalam
Trade helps bring us products cheaply, but there is no guarantee whatsoever to assume that it will allow us to replace the jobs that have… — Tim Bishop
I laugh when I see people in pain. Sometimes I think it is a defense mechanism from childhood, where you're in so much pain you… — Andy Dick
Children, if they haven't been introduced to foods by the time they're 3 years old, are afraid of it, as if it would hurt them.… — Tyler Florence
My way of dealing with the world has always been to make fun of it and observe it but not take part in it.That's how… — Judd Apatow
The days of the digitals are numbered. The metaphor is built into them like a self-destruct mechanism. — Tom Stoppard
Modern science gives lectures on botany, to show there is no such thing as a flower; on humanity, to show there is no such thing… — John Ruskin
A calculating engine is one of the most intricate forms of mechanism, a telegraph key one of the simplest. But compare their value. — George Iles
I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics. — David E. Kelley
I’m instantly mortified by my fat, uncontrollable mouth, but that’s when it occurs to me that my humor is a self-defense mechanism. Even though I… — Jen Lancaster
The Analytical Engine] might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those of the abstract… — Ada Lovelace
A cold heart is my protection mechanism. I don't really feel anything for anyone. — Emmanuel Jal
If I had to design a mechanism for the express purpose of destroying a child's natural curiosity and love of pattern-making, I couldn't possibly do… — Paul Lockhart
Neither camera, nor lens, nor film determine the quality of pictures; it is the visual perception of the man behind the mechanism which brings them… — Helmut Gernsheim
All handling by IPCC of the Sea Level questions have been done in a way that cannot be accepted and that certainly not concur with… — Nils-Axel Morner
The finest piece of mechanism in all the universe is the brain of man. The wise person develops his brain, and opens his mind to… — Alfred Armand Montapert
The main Business of Natural Philosophy is to argue from Phænomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects till we come to the… — Isaac Newton
You don't need the painful memories, because either you've resolved them. Denying always makes them want to come back. Denial is a mechanism that doesn't… — Charlotte Rampling
You and your brain are two things. The brain is your machinery just like everything else is your machinery. This hand is my mechanism; I… — Rajneesh
I'm sure civilizations will still evolve through play, or rather as play, since that seems to be a fundamental mechanism of our humanity. — Diane Ackerman
Only let a man say that he will do something and a whole mechanism goes to work to stop him. — John Steinbeck
The Europeans governments have massively changed the landscape in Europe. There is no doubt about it. They have put together the European Financial Stability Fund.… — Christine Lagarde
The scenery of mountains painted on the ever-changing azure canvas of the sky, the mysterious mechanism of the human body, the rose, the green grass… — Paramahansa Yogananda

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