Famous quotes containing the words actual, mechanical and/or advantage:
“The genius is a genius by the first look he casts on any object. Is his eye creative? Does he not rest in angles and colors, but beholds the design,—he will presently undervalue the actual object.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“We are caught up Mr. Perry on a great wave whether we will or no, a great wave of expansion and progress. All these mechanical inventions—telephones, electricity, steel bridges, horseless vehicles—they are all leading somewhere. It’s up to us to be on the inside in the forefront of progress.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
“The great advantage of a hotel is that it’s a refuge from home life.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)