Before you can hit the jackpot, you have to put a coin in the machine

Before you can hit the jackpot, you have to put a coin in the machine

I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly read more

I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at some time in history when torture was considered a reasonable alternative to diplomacy

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, read more

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, and loathed because they impose slavery

The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that read more

The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so much brighter, quicker, longer and healthier is that they cannot teach us how to make the best use of them; the information revolution came without an instruction manual.

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.

The future masters of technology will have to be light-hearted and intelligent. The machine easily masters the grim and the read more

The future masters of technology will have to be light-hearted and intelligent. The machine easily masters the grim and the dumb.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a read more

When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a factory or a government

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on read more

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself, it will do more than if you paralyze it by encumbering it with remedies.