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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

I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.

Quote by Eminem about nightmare, dream

If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford

Somali is turning into a desert. Rwanda, you can hardly find a place to plant a potato, it's so crowded.

Quote by Jim Fowler about contentment

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.

Quote by Herodotus about man

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

Quote by Franz Kafka

The conductor had explicitly given a speech about turning them off the day before.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about day

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing.

Quote by Talcott Parsons about society, school

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

Quote by William Penn about death, eternity, time

I'm really bad at downshifting, the guys with the flags at each turn are all either giving me looks or turning and running.

Quote by Piper Perabo about bad, bad luck

All sorts of computer errors are now turning up, you'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about computers, error, numbers, man, contentment

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from...

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about poetry, personality, emotions, things

As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.

Quote by Mel Brooks about mistake, world

The first and highest law must be the love of man to man. Homo homini Deus est- this is the supreme practical maxim, this the turning point of the world's History.

Quote by Ludwig Feuerbach about law, history, man, world, love

You just don't give up. There have been times when everything seemed to conspire against getting a book done or printed, and I would feel like turning my back on the whole thing. But I came back and persisted.

Quote by Dee Brown about perseverance, things, contentment

By placing the prefix "DIS" before the word "Abled", we are taking something that was once positive, and turning it into a negative, with total disregard for ones physical, or mental capabilities. A dictionary shouldn't be able to decide, what we...

Quote by Robert M. Hensel about ability, word, change, time