Movable Type Printing

Famous quotes containing the words movable, type and/or printing:

“Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)

“There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.”
—Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

“Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)