Talking Machine Company

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

    “A man may appear learned, without talking Sentences; as in his ordinary Gesture he discovers he can Dance, tho’ he does not cut Capers.”
    —Richard Steele (1672–1729)

    “Much that is natural, to the will must yield.
    Men manufacture both machine and soul,
    And use what they imperfectly control
    To dare a future from the taken routes.”
    —Thom Gunn (b. 1929)

    “These studies which stimulate the young, divert the old, are an ornament in prosperity and a refuge and comfort in adversity; they delight us at home, are no impediment in public life, keep us company at night, in our travels, and whenever we retire to the country.”
    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)