Man Diesel Engines

Famous quotes containing the words man and/or engines:

    “However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money.”
    —Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)

    “America is like one of those old-fashioned six-cylinder truck engines that can be missing two sparkplugs and have a broken flywheel and have a crankshaft that’s 5000 millimeters off fitting properly, and two bad ball-bearings, and still runs. We’re in that kind of situation. We can have substantial parts of the population committing suicide, and still run and look fairly good.”
    —Thomas McGuane (b. 1939)