Quotes by Machines If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth Henry David Thoreau let-it-gomachinesgovernment Somebody had tipped the American continent like a pinball machine and all the goofballs had come rolling to LA in the southwest corner. I cried for all of us. There was no end to the American sadness and the American madness. Someday we'll all start laughing and roll on the ground when we realize how funny it's been. Jack Kerouac machinessadnesslaughing The machine is a tool. But it is not a neutral tool. We are deeply influenced by the machine while using it. Jacques Ellul machinestools Kubrick is a machine, a mutant, a Martian. He has no human feeling whatsoever. But it's great when the machine films other machines, as in 2001. Jacques Rivette machinesmutantsfeelings Lack of education turns soldiers into killing machines. Jacque Fresco machineskillingsoldier Journalistic content is a technical complex expressly intended to adapt man to the machine. Jacques Ellul complexesmachinesmen Machines are neither Republicans nor Democrats and therefore can never be consciously or even unconsciously biased. James Baker democratmachinesrepublican The camera is just a machine, which records with impressive and as a rule very cruel faithfulness. James Agee machinesrecordscameras Every nail driven should be as another rivet in the machine of the universe, you carrying on the work. Henry David Thoreau nailsmachinesintegrity Get on up, stay on the scene, get on up, like a sex machine. James Brown machinesexpressionsex Whatever else it was, Adolf Hitler's short-lived regime was also a colossal industrial process by which the wealth and productive power of much of Europe was wrenched from its normal purposes and converted into a machine for killing. James Buchan machinespurposeeurope When I started off, I was working in a shed behind my house. All I had was a drill, an electric drill. That was the only machine I had. James Dyson electricmachineshouse The globe of this earth … [is] … not just a machine but also a organised body as it has a regenerative power. James Hutton machinesbodypower It is wonderful how cheered a pilot becomes after he shoots down his first machine; his morale increases by at least 100 percent. James Ira Thomas Jones machinespilotsfirsts The not-quite-sort-of lie works here too - often an ad will announce that "Congressman Johnson voted for a bill that gave tax breaks to companies like Enron." True - although the bill allowed all companies to accelerate depreciation of copying machines. Yes, Enron benefited, but Enron also benefited from the revolution of the Earth around the sun. Hardly an argument to freeze the planet in one spot. James Lileks copyingmachineslying I'm good with machines. I know where to scratch, pet, and tickle them. James Marcus scratchesmachinespet In course of time the Brothers Cowper removed the manufacture of their printing machines from London, to Manchester. There they found skilled and energetic workmen, ready to carry their plans into effect. James Nasmyth machineslondonbrother I am against all machines. It's no wonder that so many Americans go on dope when they have no other cultural stimulus than a television. James Purdy dopemachinesgoes-on History is remembered by its art, not its war machines. James Rosenquist machineswarart Machines Need to be Productive. People Need to be Effective. James William Benson machinespeopleneeds«1819202122232425262728»
