I have not written a perfect sentence, in the literary sense. It’s a lot easier to throw a perfect pass than to write a perfect sentence, if that sentence is meant to perform more than a mechanical function. – Greg Iles
It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day’s toil of any human being. – John Stuart Mill
The physiologist who succeeds in penetrating deeper and deeper into the digestive canal becomes convinced that it consists of a number of chemical laboratories equipped with various mechanical devices. – Ivan Pavlov
Videogames are indeed design: They’re sophisticated virtual machines that echo the mechanical systems inside cars. – John Maeda
I’m for mechanical art. When I took up silk screening, it was to more fully exploit the preconceived image through the commercial techniques of multiple reproduction. – Andy Warhol
Assonance is not the enemy of rhyme. It helps us to respect rhyme, which has been spoiled by mechanical use. – Austin Clarke
The reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable but infinitely subtle and delicate. – Daisaku Ikeda
There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible. – P. J. O’Rourke
On the molecular scale, you find it’s reasonable to have a machine that does a million steps per second, a mechanical system that works at computer speeds. – K. Eric Drexler
Intimate scenes or a kiss is a very technical aspect of filmmaking. It is extremely mechanical. – Shraddha Kapoor
The love of Louis XVI for mechanical works is well known. He had a little workshop at Versailles where he amused himself making locks, assisted by Francois Gamain, to whom he was much attached and with whom he spent many hours in projecting and executing mechanical contrivances. – Sabine Baring-Gould
