Caught Quote by David Josiah Brewer

Nobody knows whether our personalities pass on to another existence or sphere, but if we can evolve an instrument so delicate to be manipulated…

— Thomas A. Edison

Mechanical instruments, potentially a vehicle of rational human purposes, are scarcely a blessing when they enable the gossip of the village idiot and the…

— Lewis Mumford

I am seized with an abiding fear regarding what these two instruments are doing to our society, our culture and our heritage. Our history…

— Edward R. Murrow

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Our hope for creative living lies in our ability…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Phonograph - An irritating toy that restores life to dead noises.”

— Ambrose Bierce

“True, This! — Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold The arch-enchanters wand! — itself is…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Successful tape reading is a study of Force; it requires ability to judge which side has the greatest pulling power and one must have…

— Richard Wyckoff

“In a sense, the recording stylus and its reverse component have defeated time. Up until a little more than a generation ago, the sound…

— Judith C. Waller

“Beneath the rubato of the day abided a stern pulse beating on, ineluctable, unforgiving, whereby whatever was evaded or put off now had to…

— Thomas Pynchon

“The man who said the pen was mightier than the sword ought to have tried reading "The Mill on the Floss" to Motor Mechanics.”

— Tom Sharpe

“When the magnet does not attract the needle, the fault lies in the dirt that covers up the needle.”

— Sai Baba

If Mozart had power tools, there's no telling how great his music might have been.

— Dave Barry