Steam Quotes
241 Steam quotes by 214 unique authors
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This good fellowship - camaraderie - usually occurring through the similarity of pursuits is unfortunately seldom super-added to love between the sexes, because men and…
— Thomas Hardy
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Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.
— Jules Verne
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Death was in every sell of his body. He gave off a faint, greenish steam of decay. Lee imagined he would glow in the dark.
— William S. Burroughs
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The rockets set the bony meadows afire, turned rock to lava, turned wood to charcoal, transmuted water to steam, made sand and silica into green…
— Ray Bradbury
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If you saw her in these moments, you might think she was collecting her thoughts in order to go forward. But I see it another…
— Steve Martin
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And she loved a man who was made out of nothing. A few hours without him and right away she’d be missing him with her…
— Etgar Keret
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I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer, born under the second law of thermodynamics, steeped in steam tables, in love with…
— Neil Armstrong
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You can invent things like automatic popcorn poppers. You can invent things like steam-powered window washers. But you can’t invent more time.
— Daniel Handler
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As I stepped out to face myself in the mirror, reaching a hand to smooth away the steam, I saw myself differently. It was as…
— Sarah Dessen
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Wolves ate even mighty hunters, for there was no honor or code among predators, and everyone's guts steam the same way when torn open on…
— Warren Ellis
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Love isn't always magic. But if I offered my body to the magician, if I told him to cut me in half so after that…
— Andrea Gibson
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Why let your fury lay deep inside you, sullenly boiling your blood into silent steam and griding your bones to dust? I it not better…
— Henry Rollins
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He could still see the dragon just fine. It was about sixty feet long, snout to tail, its body made of interlocking bronze plates. Its…
— Rick Riordan
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Letting off steam always produces more heat than light.
— Neal A. Maxwell
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Mr. Herschel brought with him the calculations of the computers, and we commenced the tedious process of verification. After a time many discrepancies occurred, and…
— Charles Babbage
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I wish to suggest that a man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is no more fatal blunderer than…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Electricity is an example of a general purpose technology, like the steam engine before it. General purpose technologies drive most economic growth, because they unleash…
— Erik Brynjolfsson
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The movement towards radical transparency and accountability has been gaining steam for several decades.
— Heather Brooke
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Espresso, made by steam expressing finely ground coffee, is rich in flavor and aroma and chlorogenic acids, but not very concentrated at all in caffeine.
— Chris Kilham
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Often confused with shyness, introversion does not imply social reticence or discomfort. Rather than being averse to social engagement, introverts become overwhelmed by too much…
— Laurie Helgoe
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As we mature, there are people with whom we run out of steam, but there are also those with whom a little straight talking would…
— Mariella Frostrup
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Step on the moist, pillowsoft earth, walking gingerly aside a weeping steam that calls your name, for it knows how to heal a wounded heart.
— Maximillian Degenerez
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I understand why offices need to have office parties. I understand why offices need to have betting pools. No matter what the job, you need…
— Drew Goddard
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If you want to keep your side dishes warmer than room temperature, consider buying a small steam table for the home, with the Sterno cans…
— Jose Andres Puerta
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When all the plants in a region are running at full steam, there is simply no way to get more power.
— Alex Berenson
Who Wrote These Steam Quotes
214 authors contributed a total of 241 Steam Quotes, led by these top contributors: