#mechanic

The United States as we know it today is largely the result of mechanical inventions, and in particular of agricultural machinery and the railroad. ↗

— John Moody

#inventions #know #largely #machinery #mechanical

Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical. ↗

— Ikue Mori

#drum #i #like #mechanical #play

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too. ↗

— Christopher Morley

#equipment #faster #imagine #like #mechanical

I've got a great team of engineers behind this race car. I've got a great bunch of mechanics that make it reliable. This car is developed to go out there and be better than the Reynard, and I feel that it is. ↗

— Al Unser

#better #bunch #car #developed #engineers

If the individual is a unit in a corporate mass, his life is not merely brutish and short, but dull and mechanical. ↗

— Herbert Read

#corporate #dull #his #individual #life

I was a mechanic at a go-cart place, a deejay at a roller rink, a telemarketer in New York, a grocery bagger. ↗

— Michael Rosenbaum

#i #mechanic #new #new york #place

As far as the mechanics go, working with other people on received ideas was for me a very interesting technical problem. I can't say that any of my collaborations engaged my heart, but they engaged the craftsman in me. ↗

— Robert Sheckley

#as far as #collaborations #craftsman #engaged #far

I don't want anything to do with anything mechanical between me and the paper, including a typewriter, and I don't even want a fountain pen between me and the paper. ↗

— Shelby Foote

#between #even #fountain #fountain pen #i

I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory. ↗

— Alan Parsons

#education #end #factory #fidelity #going

As they walked, it seemed almost every building had some similar contrivance as decoration, adorning the street in a cacophony of clangs, bangs and whirs. The street’s surroundings danced with steam and smoke, the scent of oil and grease its perfume. ↗

— A.F. Stewart

#anthology #classic-literature #mechanical #science-fiction #steampunk