State Machines

Famous quotes containing the words state and/or machines:

“Fashion required the suppression of all naturalness—’to walk upright, with unbending joints; to shake hands after the pump- handle formula; to look inexpressibly indifferent towards everybody and everything; and speak only in a mincing voice was to be a decorous member of society.’”
—For the State of Rhode Island, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“Shoes are the first adult machines we are given to master.”
—Nicholson Baker (b. 1957)