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Machines that have broken down will work perfectly when...

Machines that have broken down will work perfectly when the repairman arrives.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, work

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a...

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.

Quote by Marilyn Monroe about opinion, money

A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is...

A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.

Quote by Charles Babbage about opinion, tools, power

The repairman fixes your machine to break down the next...

The repairman fixes your machine to break down the next day and charges for a new machine.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, day

The floppy which worked perfectly alright few minutes ago...

The floppy which worked perfectly alright few minutes ago on your machine will not open in your boss's or client's machine.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about heads

How far must suffering and misery go before we see that even in the day of vast cities and powerful machines, the good Earth is our Mother and that if we destroy her, we destroy ourselves?

Quote by Paul Bigelow Sears about earth, destruction, suffering, mother, day, good, good luck

A gambler is someone who plays slot machine. I prefer to...

A gambler is someone who plays slot machine. I prefer to own slot machines.

Quote by Donald Trump about opinion

In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase of velocity becomes more striking.

Quote by Charles Babbage about economy, use

Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over...

Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.

Quote by Charles Babbage

The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.

Quote by Charles Babbage about tools, limits

The economy of human time is the next advantage of...

The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.

Quote by Charles Babbage about economy, human imperfections, time

Uniformity and steadiness in the rate at which machinery...

Uniformity and steadiness in the rate at which machinery works, are essential both for its effect and its duration.

Quote by Charles Babbage about essential

The task of organizing and operating a huge and complex...

The task of organizing and operating a huge and complex educational machinery has left us scant leisure for calm reflection.

Quote by Irving Babbitt

I knew that I would always be a second-rate Guess Who because I didn't have all of the elements and machinery working on my own, which took (The Guess Who) about eight or nine years to get going.

Quote by Randy Bachman

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about children, nothing

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine...

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!

Quote by Charles Dickens about man

The reason you see open source there at all is because we came in and said there should be a platform that's identical with millions and millions of machines.

Quote by Bill Gates about reason

You see, antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold, unfeeling machines will show us the way.

Quote by Bill Gates about generosity, world

I had a Nagra, one of the first portable machines. I started collecting sounds without any preconceived notions other than a desire to insert into musical discourse a sound that basically didn't belong there.

Quote by Luc Ferrari

I have problems with machines which aren't gestural.

I have problems with machines which aren't gestural.

Quote by Luc Ferrari about problems

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