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Machinery Quotes

On the machinery behind heredity, technology, and mortality.

These machinery quotes stretch far beyond gears and engines, touching on heredity's internal mechanisms and a chilling reference to the machinery of death. One speaker even distinguishes technical skill from machinery itself, calling it more a disposition than a set of tools. See our Complex quotes for more on intricate systems.

Reticulocytes are terminally differentiating red blood cells that do not contain lysosome. Therefore, it was postulated that the degradation of hemoglobin in these cells is mediated by a non-lysosomal machinery.

Quotes by Aaron Ciechanover

The technical is not just the machinery. The technical is a disposition to life.

Quotes by Leon Kass

Blogs are the main exception I make in my aversion to complex machinery.

Quotes by Laurie R. King

Heredity provides for the modification of its own machinery.

Quotes by James Mark Baldwin

Blood Quotes

I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

Quotes by Harry A. Blackmun

Frequently Asked Questions

What non-mechanical uses of "machinery" appear here?
The page applies the word to biology, describing heredity's internal workings as a kind of machinery, and to a grim statement about the machinery behind capital punishment. It stretches well beyond literal gears and engines.
Is there a quote distinguishing technical skill from machinery itself?
Yes, one speaker argues that being technical isn't really about machinery at all, but more a general disposition toward how one approaches life and work.
Does any quote express distaste for complicated technology?
One does — the speaker admits a general aversion to complex machinery, with blogging described as one of the few exceptions they make. See our Complex quotes for more on intricate systems.
What does the quote about "the machinery of death" refer to?
It's a stark renunciation of capital punishment, using machinery to describe the mechanized, procedural nature of executions. Browse our Death quotes for related themes on mortality and finality.
How is heredity described as machinery in these quotes?
One line frames heredity as a system capable of adjusting its own inner workings, treating biological inheritance almost like a self-modifying machine.

From an aversion to complicated technology to a blunt renunciation of capital punishment's machinery, these quotes treat the word as something that can be admired, avoided, or condemned. Browse Death and Blood quotes for related themes.