Talking Machine Company

Famous quotes containing the words talking, machine and/or company:

“The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasure to our listeners.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“The machine is impersonal, it takes the pride away from a piece of work, the individual merits and defects that go along with all work that is not done by a machine—which is to say, its little bit of humanity.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“In the old days, one married a wife; now one forms a company with a female partner, or moves in to live with a friend. And then one seduces the partner, or defiles the friend.”
—J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)