#mechanic

The mechanical and social achievements of our day must not blind our eyes to the fact that, in all that relates to man, his nature and aspirations, we have added little or nothing to what has been so finely said by the great men of old. ↗

— James Loeb

#added #aspirations #been #blind #day

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so. ↗

— James Lovelock

#any #around #been #come #evolution

The south produced statesmen and soldiers, planters and doctors and lawyers and poets, but certainly no engineers and mechanics. Let Yankees adopt such low callings. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#certainly #doctors #engineers #lawyers #low

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

In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#category #mechanic #professor #same #talks

But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#die #life #live #mechanically #repetition

The vast concourse of people who had assembled to witness the triumphant arrival of the successful travellers was of the lowest orders of mechanics and artisans, among whom great distress and a dangerous spirit of discontent with the government at that time prevailed. ↗

— Fanny Kemble

#arrival #artisans #assembled #dangerous #discontent

I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically. I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself. ↗

— Michael Schenker

#amplifier #coming #create #doing #feed

Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#genius #mechanical #organic #reason #spirit

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