#mechanical

But I don't actually adopt the point of view that our subjective impression of free will, which is a kind of indeterminacy behavior, comes from quantum mechanical indeterminacy. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#adopt #behavior #comes #free #free will

I conceived of an instrument that would create sound without using any mechanical energy, like the conductor of an orchestra. The orchestra plays mechanically, using mechanical energy; the conductor just moves his hands, and his movements have an effect on the music artistry. ↗

— Leon Theremin

#artistry #conceived #conductor #create #effect

If you must get rid of a roach, use mechanical control. ↗

— Carl Olson

#get #mechanical #must #rid #roach

The process of creation goes on all the time. When I get through, I feel I know what the character will do in every situation. But the building up of the part is not mechanical or deliberate. It grows out of the text. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#character #creation #deliberate #every #feel

The fewer moving parts, the better." "Exactly. No truer words were ever spoken in the context of engineering. ↗

— Christian Cantrell

#funny #humor #mechanical #funny

It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#any #being #day #human #human being

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

I love that men like to look at women, that they love sports, that they need to know the inner workings of mechanical objects. I love the whole makeup of men - that they never mature and are always just boys. ↗

— Krista Allen

#i #i love #inner #just #know

It is the growth of advertising in this country which, more than any single element, has brought the American magazine to its present enviable position in points of literary, illustrative and mechanical excellence. ↗

— Edward Bok

#american #any #brought #country #element

I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

#always #being #edge #feeling #i