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Steam Engine Quotes

Every small boy wanted to be a steam engine driver when they grew up in the old days, including me. There’s something very special about them - the noise, the smell, the steam coming out everywhere Picture Quote #1

Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if Ido not support it. The title attracts attention to myself Picture Quote #1

Electricity is an example of a general purpose technology, like the steam engine before it. General purpose technologies drive most economic growth, because they unleash cascades of complementary innovations, like lightbulbs and, yes, factory redesign Picture Quote #1

Now comes the second machine age. Computers and other digital advances are doing for mental power-the ability to use our brains to understand and shape our environments-what the steam engine and its descendants did for muscle power Picture Quote #1

Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them; it only creates a vacuum for eager thought to rush in Picture Quote #1

The Internet is global and seemingly omniscient, while iPods and phones are all microscopic workings encased in plastic blobjects. Compare that to a steam engine, where you can watch the pistons move and feel the heat of its boilers. I think we miss that visceral appeal of the machine Picture Quote #1

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Today, nothing is unusual about a scientific discovery’s being followed soon after by a technical application: The discovery of electrons led to electronics; fission led to nuclear energy. But before the 1880’s, science played almost no role in the advances of technology. For example, James Watt developed the first efficient steam engine long before science established the equivalence between mechanical heat and energy Picture Quote #1

Not since the steam engine has any invention disrupted business models like the Internet. Whole industries including music distribution, yellow-pages directories, landline telephones, and fax machines have been radically reordered by the digital revolution Picture Quote #1

Modern liberalism: a heartless steam engine Picture Quote #1

Science owes more to the steam engine than the steam engine owes to science Picture Quote #1

Private capitalism makes a steam engine; State capitalism makes pyramids Picture Quote #1

Even the development of the steam engine owed but little to the advancement of science Picture Quote #1

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Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine Picture Quote #1

Fear is like the steam that fires the combustion engine. You need fear to get a performance going Picture Quote #1

You all know how powerful and varied are the effects of which steam engines are capable; with them has really begun the great development of industry which has characterised our century before all others Picture Quote #1

I shed many a tear when the steam engines went out of style on the railroads. I’d like to seem them come back, but I realize the diesels are more efficient Picture Quote #1

A person whose desires and impulses are his own - are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own culture - is said to have a character. One whose desires and impulses are not his own, has no character, no more than a steam-engine has character Picture Quote #1

Those who understand the steam engine and the electric telegraph spend their lives in trying to replace them with something better Picture Quote #1

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Those who admire modern civilization usually identify it with the steam engine and the electric telegraph Picture Quote #1

When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality Picture Quote #1

It’s hot rain and humid days and broken thermostats. It’s screaming and raging steam engines and wanting to take your clothes off just to feel a breeze. It’s the kind of kiss that makes you realize oxygen is overrated Picture Quote #1

The time will come when people will travel in stages moved by steam engines from one city to another, almost as fast as birds can fly, 15 or 20 miles an hour… Picture Quote #1

True science is distinctively the study of useless things. For the useful things will get studied without the aid of scientific men. To employ these rare minds on such work is like running a steam engine by burning diamonds Picture Quote #1

I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig steam engine and I loved the machinery Picture Quote #1

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Every small boy wanted to be a steam engine driver when they grew up in the old days, including me. There’s something very special about them - the noise, the smell, the steam coming out everywhere (Steam Engine Quotes) Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if Ido not support it. The title attracts attention to myself (Steam Engine Quotes) Electricity is an example of a general purpose technology, like the steam engine before it. General purpose technologies drive most economic growth, because they unleash cascades of complementary innovations, like lightbulbs and, yes, factory redesign (Steam Engine Quotes) Now comes the second machine age. Computers and other digital advances are doing for mental power-the ability to use our brains to understand and shape our environments-what the steam engine and its descendants did for muscle power (Steam Engine Quotes) Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them; it only creates a vacuum for eager thought to rush in (Steam Engine Quotes) The Internet is global and seemingly omniscient, while iPods and phones are all microscopic workings encased in plastic blobjects. Compare that to a steam engine, where you can watch the pistons move and feel the heat of its boilers. I think we miss that visceral appeal of the machine (Steam Engine Quotes) Today, nothing is unusual about a scientific discovery’s being followed soon after by a technical application: The discovery of electrons led to electronics; fission led to nuclear energy. But before the 1880’s, science played almost no role in the advances of technology. For example, James Watt developed the first efficient steam engine long before science established the equivalence between mechanical heat and energy (Steam Engine Quotes) Not since the steam engine has any invention disrupted business models like the Internet. Whole industries including music distribution, yellow-pages directories, landline telephones, and fax machines have been radically reordered by the digital revolution (Steam Engine Quotes) Modern liberalism: a heartless steam engine (Steam Engine Quotes) Science owes more to the steam engine than the steam engine owes to science (Steam Engine Quotes) Private capitalism makes a steam engine; State capitalism makes pyramids (Steam Engine Quotes) Even the development of the steam engine owed but little to the advancement of science (Steam Engine Quotes) Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine (Steam Engine Quotes) Fear is like the steam that fires the combustion engine. You need fear to get a performance going (Steam Engine Quotes) You all know how powerful and varied are the effects of which steam engines are capable; with them has really begun the great development of industry which has characterised our century before all others (Steam Engine Quotes) I shed many a tear when the steam engines went out of style on the railroads. I’d like to seem them come back, but I realize the diesels are more efficient (Steam Engine Quotes) A person whose desires and impulses are his own - are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own culture - is said to have a character. One whose desires and impulses are not his own, has no character, no more than a steam-engine has character (Steam Engine Quotes) Those who understand the steam engine and the electric telegraph spend their lives in trying to replace them with something better (Steam Engine Quotes) Those who admire modern civilization usually identify it with the steam engine and the electric telegraph (Steam Engine Quotes) When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality (Steam Engine Quotes) It’s hot rain and humid days and broken thermostats. It’s screaming and raging steam engines and wanting to take your clothes off just to feel a breeze. It’s the kind of kiss that makes you realize oxygen is overrated (Steam Engine Quotes) The time will come when people will travel in stages moved by steam engines from one city to another, almost as fast as birds can fly, 15 or 20 miles an hour… (Steam Engine Quotes) True science is distinctively the study of useless things. For the useful things will get studied without the aid of scientific men. To employ these rare minds on such work is like running a steam engine by burning diamonds (Steam Engine Quotes) I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig steam engine and I loved the machinery (Steam Engine Quotes)