Quotes by Machines We have the power to defy the selfish genes of our birth and, if necessary, the selfish memes of our indoctrination. We can even discuss ways of deliberately cultivating and nurturing pure, disinterested altruism - something that has no place in nature, something that has never existed before in the whole history of the world. We are built as gene machines and cultured as meme machines, but we have the power to turn against our creators. We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators. Richard Dawkins rebelmachinesselfish If you don't know anything about computers, just remember that they are machines that do exactly what you tell them but often surprise you in the result. Richard Dawkins machinescomputerremember I've been offered big money to promote machines. And high-protein diets, when that was really popular. There was always some new powder or diet plan that somebody wanted to put my name on. Richard Simmons powdermachinesnames You see, I get such fun out of thinking that I don't want to destroy this most pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick. Richard P. Feynman machinesfunthinking You do not hate the time you waste; it evokes a much more passive emotion than that. You only wish you had it back, like a quarter in an unlucky slot machine. Rick Bragg machineshatewish People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed. Rick Riordan machinesbreakpeople Wha-what?" Her eyes fluttered open. "Nothing," I shouted. "We're being followed by a slaying machine. Go back to sleep. Rick Riordan machineseyesleep You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"? Rick Riordan chickensmachinesmen How do we beat her? I asked. You pretty much don’t, Horus said. She is the incarnation of the sun’s wrath. Back in the day when Ra was active, she would have been much more impressive, but still. .She’s unstoppable. A born killer. A slaying machine— “Okay, I get it!” I yelled. Rick Riordan killersmachineswrath Leo dropped into the pool and approched the cage. "Hola, Tia. Little bit of trouble?" She [Hera] crossed her arms and sighed in exasperation. "Don't inspect me like I'm one of your machines, Leo Valdez. Get me out of here! Rick Riordan armsmachineslittles Nothing lasts forever, not even the best machines. And everything can be reused. - Hephaestus Rick Riordan machineslastsforever You can get the oldest drum machine out and whack out four sounds like a kick, snare, and two types of high-hat, and try and come up with the freshest thing on the spot. The gear can guide you - you can choose one bit of gear and it's obviously got its restrictions and its limitations, but at the same time, you've got to exploit what it's capable of and what it's best used for. Rob Brown machinestryingtwo Music is a big machine that would go on with or without me. Rob Thomas machinesbigsgoes-on In the end I came to see that the true prophet of the modern world was Samuel Butler: when he suggested that the machine was an evolutionary development, destined to supersede man as the dominant species and reduce him to greenfly status, the status of machine-minder, homo mechanicus instead of homo sapiens; and to modify his nature accordingly. Robert Aickman machinesmenworld The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody. Ralph Waldo Emerson machinesperfectmen Who said time machines haven't been built yet? They already exist. They're called books Robert Benchley machinessaidbook The brain can be seen as a complex machine, like a gooey computer. Robert C. Solomon machinescomputerbrain The mechanic, when a wheel refuses to turn, never thinks of dropping on his knees and asking the assistance of some divine power. He knows there is a reason. He knows that something is too large or too small; that there is something wrong with his machine; and he goes to work and he makes it larger or smaller, here or there, until the wheel will turn. Robert Green Ingersoll machinesatheismthinking The ultimate test's always your own serenity. If you don't have this when you start and maintain it while you're working you're likely to build your personal problems right into the machine itself. Robert M. Pirsig serenitymachinestests When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine than any other human activity involving machinery allows. Robert Moog down-andmachinesdoe«3839404142434445464748»
