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Mechanical influences are completely ineffective with...

Mechanical influences are completely ineffective with regard to the gastric glands.

Quote by Ivan Pavlov

When you take your car to a mechanic because it makes a funny sound you will not be able to demonstrate it for the mechanic nor will you be able to describe.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars, contentment

A gross and palpable error of the era that is just...

A gross and palpable error of the era that is just closing has been the confusion of mechanical and material progress with moral progress.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about progress, confusion, error, moral

I needed to give up licensing and mechanical ability to...

I needed to give up licensing and mechanical ability to let these kids sing, lip sync, and also to sing songs that I recorded.

Quote by Paula Abdul about ability

In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of...

In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about sleep, wealth, being, contentment

I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge....

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

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about being

This is my first experience working in a foreign movie, but the mechanics, I think, are pretty much the same all over; you still have to wait in the trailer.

Quote by Dennis Farina about experience, contentment

It is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to be disputed, that the publisher of a newspaper in this country, without a very exhaustive advertising support, would receive less reward for his labor than the humblest...

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about advertising, reward, country

There are a number of mechanical devices which increase...

There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL.

Quote by Lynn Lavner about sex, numbers

The car only breaks down at the least convenient time. When you car breaks down and it is a small repair, the mechanic has to remove the engine to get to that part.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars, time, contentment

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

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

Quote by Carl Olson about use, contentment

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.

Quote by C. Northcote Parkinson about flowers, nature

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.

Quote by Alan Parsons about teaching, fidelity, education, rightness, real estate, end, good, good luck

The physiologist who succeeds in penetrating deeper and deeper into the digestive canal becomes convinced that it consists of a number of chemical laboratories equipped with various mechanical devices.

Quote by Ivan Pavlov about success, numbers

I certainly don't believe that these things like...

I certainly don't believe that these things like Terminator or something coming from the future who is a mechanical entity.

Quote by Roger Penrose about future, faith, things

Along with my parents insistence, soon internalized, that...

Along with my parents insistence, soon internalized, that I do very well in school, went my love of reading and my love of mechanics.

Quote by Martin Lewis Perl about parents, school, love

I loved all things mechanical, cars, trucks, derricks...

I loved all things mechanical, cars, trucks, derricks trains, and steam ships. I was in love with mechanics, and I still am.

Quote by Martin Lewis Perl about love, trains, cars, things

I loved to build with the Erector set, I loved to build...

I loved to build with the Erector set, I loved to build toys and models out of wood, I loved to draw mechanical devices, even those I could not build.

Quote by Martin Lewis Perl about love

There is a mechanics of things that who understands it...

There is a mechanics of things that who understands it has the most to gain.

Quote by Marius Torok about mentality, things

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