Machine Like Murmur Quotes & Sayings

You can't judge a book by its cover," he said. "No," said Watts. "But you can tell how much it's gonna cost! — David Bischoff

Your giving is sacred and therefore should be kept secret. It is wise to give quietly with no strings attached. — Catherine Ponder

Even when we want to be timid and play it safe, we should pause for a moment to imagine what we might be missing. — Paul Arden

And our task is harder even than that," he said, "for we also have to invoke the grey fumes without denying the palpitating breath of roses. We have to give glimpses of a world that sometimes seems to work like a machine bent on some inexorable but inscrutable task, with all of us caught in its coils, cogs meshing always with the absurd, frantic pistons pushing away at the futile."

"And yet," he added, his voice now only a murmur which seemed to be a part of the rustling of the withered bushes and the passing noises of the road, "we may also at times suggest a slight faltering in the grinding of the machine, or the brief opening of an unknown vista suggesting that the machine is not all that there is. — Mark Valentine

An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe it. — Don Marquis

If people understood what life insurance does, we wouldn't need salesmen to sell it. People would come knocking on the door. But they don't understand. — Ben Feldman