State Machines

Famous quotes containing the words state and/or machines:

“One usually dies because one is alone, or because one has got into something over one’s head. One often dies because one does not have the right alliances, because one is not given support. In Sicily the Mafia kills the servants of the State that the State has not been able to protect.”
—Giovanni Falcone (1939–1992)

“In Hell all the messages you ever left on answering machines will be played back to you.”
—Judy Horacek (b. 1961)