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Assembly Line Quotes

Factory lines, industry struggles and mass production

This page collects assembly line quotes touching on Bollywood's crowded ranks of replaceable talent alongside real manufacturing history, like Honda's Lincoln plant. See our Age quotes for related lines.

In Bollywood, people struggle because there is a new person joining every week, who joins an assembly line of people who are very replaceable. But if you are unique, you don't have to struggle that much.

Quotes by Vir Das

When I see stimulus money being used to attack American companies and American workers, I think it would be very unsettling to be working on the assembly line of Coca Cola, look up, and see an ad that's trying to...

Quotes by Scott DesJarlais

Honda opened its first assembly line in Lincoln in November 2001.

Quotes by Mike Rogers

I'm a Detroit kid who grew up with that assembly line mentality: You go to work to make money.

Quotes by Kevin Nash

Able Quotes

Television shows are not like cars or operating systems, and they are not best made by engineers or coders in the same assembly line manner as consumer products which need to be of uniform size, shape, and quality.

Quotes by John Landgraf

Doing a TV show, you're on an assembly line and it's as cut and dry as that. There are some shows that are exceptions. There are producers that want really special things.

Quotes by James Darren

The invisibility of work and workers in the digital age is as consequential as the rise of the assembly line and, later, the service economy.

Quotes by George Packer

One of the great things about moving to Silicon Valley is that you're surrounded by all these people who've done it before. This place is an assembly line that takes a couple of twenty-somethings and walks you through everything you...

Quotes by Drew Houston

Like most people, I was not able to start selling my stories right away. So I had many other jobs along the way to becoming a writer, including toy maker, gravedigger, cookware salesman, and assembly line worker. Eventually, I became...

Quotes by Bruce Coville

Age Quotes

I was running an assembly line designed to build memory chips. I saw the microprocessor as a bloody nuisance.

Quotes by Andy Grove

Frequently Asked Questions

What industries do these assembly line quotes reference?
They span Bollywood's crowded talent pool, Honda's car manufacturing history, and modern television production.
Is Honda mentioned specifically in this collection?
Yes, one quote notes the automaker launched a Lincoln production plant back in November 2001.
Do these quotes compare TV production to factories?
Yes, one argues television shows shouldn't be mass-produced like uniform consumer products on an assembly line.
Is there concern about corporate messaging in this collection?
Yes, one quote expresses unease about stimulus-funded ads targeting American companies appearing on factory floors.
Where can I find more on corporate messaging to workers?
See our American Companies quotes for related reflections.

Other quotes compare television production to factory work and voice discomfort over corporate messaging aimed at workers. Explore our Able quotes as well.