Noisy Engines Quotes & Sayings

I once compiled a list of events that frightened her, and it was quite comprehensive: very loud snoring; low-flying aircraft; church bells; fire engines; trains; buses and lorries; thunder; shouting; large cars; most medium-sized cars; noisy small cars; burglar alarms; fireworks, especially crackers; loud radios; barking dogs; whinnying horses; nearby silent horses; cows in general; megaphones; sheep; corks coming out of sparkling wine bottles; motorcycles, even very small ones; balloons being popped; vacuum cleaners (not being used by her); things being dropped; dinner gongs; parrot houses; whoopee cushions; chiming doorbells; hammering; bombs; hooters; old-fashioned alarm clocks; pneumatic drills; and hairdryers (even those used by her). — John Cleese

the complexity of society does not imply a planner. — Matt Ridley

Over time, a successful company will acquire much in the way of resources and momentum, and these things often insulate it from reality once it has stopped being successful. — Gary Hamel

Of course I think of the past and of Paris, what else is there to remember? — Djuna Barnes

How much power is there in a thousand noisy engines? I tell you, there is more power in a single blade of grass. — John Kremer

How selfish and dark it was to count my blessings based on another's hell — Mercy Cortez

I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for. — Brian Lamb