“When I lost my faith in people I put my trust in things To avoid the disappointment Trusting people brings... I tried to do it all myself then Surrounded by my stuff All I found were limitations I could not rise above There are gadgets and contraptions Immaculate machines There's a program you can download now That will even dream your dreams It'll even dream you dreams For a monthly fee Clear up your complexion You get a hundred hours free Possessions cannot save you.” PeopleDreamFoundLostStuffHoursClearHundredProgramMachinesDisappointmentPossessionLimitationYour DreamsConsumerismRise AboveFeesOverconsumptionGadgetsDownloadsComplexionImmaculateTrusting People Author:John Gorka
“I went to the airport, I put my bag in the x-ray machine, I found out my bag has cancer. It only has six more months to hold stuff.” HumorFunnyFoundStuffMonthsSixMachinesCancerBagsRaysAirports Author:Mitch Hedberg
“I see things in the middle of the night. I draw them on paper and I don't even think about it. I'm like a machine in a way - just made of some electronic stuff. Vaguely digital.” ThinkingWayMadeNightStuffMiddlePaperDrawsMachinesDigitalMiddle Of The Night Author:Karl Lagerfeld
“We're talking about an extremely prolific poet and songwriter and lyricist. That stuff comes off the top of her head. She [Joni Mitchell] will write exactly what she lives. If she puts some money in the soda machine, she'll write about putting money in the soda machine. "Dry Cleaner from Des Moines," on the Shadows & Light album, was about sitting next to a dry cleaner from Des Moines, playing a slot machine.” IfsWritingLightPoetryNextStuffTalkingPoetSittingShadowMachinesAlbumsDrySongwritersCleanersSodaSlot MachinesLyricistsDes MoinesDry Cleaners Author:Don Alias
“I really enjoy touring period! I had another band called Killing Machine, we went out on tour which was only fifteen shows & we went out in a really old motor home. That had to be the most fun. I didn't have to do radio at nine in the morning everyday. It was me & a bunch of friends. The singer was my tattoo artist. My girlfriend would fly in & we would sleep in a hammock above the bed the band were sleeping in [laughs]. I like that stuff that's really fun, I like the camping experience.” ShowsHomeArtistFunStuffEnjoySleepMorningLaughingPeriodsBedBandMachinesKillingEverydayRadioSingersNineBunchGirlfriendFifteenTattooMotorTouringMy GirlfriendCampingSleeping InHammocks Author:Tracii Guns
“We fall into the old stuff of textuality, and almost everything becomes safe because nobody wants to talk about what is not safe in poetry. We fall back on the psychologic, the ethnic, the quota, and serve the perpetuation of the machine.” WantFallStuffSafeMachinesFall BackQuotaOld Stuff Author:Fady Joudah
“A good use for me is to let me go away with my sewing machine and come back with some really new stuff.” UseStuffMachinesLet MeGoing AwaySewingLet Me GoNew Stuff Author:Betsey Johnson
“People are appreciating the old stuff again and there's no MTV-style scene police to try to make us all listen to Machine Head and Pantera *puke*!” PeopleTryingStuffStyleSceneAppreciateMachinesPoliceMtvPukeOld StuffPantera Author:Mat McNerney
“The mind is a very intricate machine. It can store memories, past impressions, grudges, criticisms, judgments. It can hold a lot of stuff. In general, it's only really good at holding onto one thing at a time. Which is why, when we have a lot going on, we feel sort of stressed and we feel tension because the mind is busy trying to figure out what it should focus on first.” FeelsShouldTryingMindFirstsPastStuffMemoriesFocusOne ThingFiguresJudgmentCriticismMachinesBusyStoresImpressionTensionHolding OnStressedGrudgeIntricateOne Thing At A Time Author:MC Yogi
“I've traveled everywhere, and it's been amazing. I used to think taking a flight was kind of a big deal, you know? I'm from the valleys of South Wales and when my family used to go on holiday, it was a big thing. Packing the bags, checking in, not losing your passport, going through customs, the X-ray machine, all that stuff used to be quite an intense thing. Now it's like catching a bus, I don't even think about it.” ThinkingKnowsKindBigsUsedStuffDealsGoes OnLosingMy FamilyMachinesSouthIntenseFlightUsed To BeHolidayBagsCustomsBusValleysRaysTraveledBig ThingsBig DealCatchingPassportsWalesPacking Author:Luke Evans
“That one person that says "I heard your stuff and I really like this." It really touches my heart because it's what I love to do. I'd rather do it for the people than do it for a machine, a company that just wants to make money.” PeopleWantHeartPersonsStuffCompanyHeardMy HeartMachinesMaking MoneyThat One Person Author:Tiffany Villarreal
“Creative work is more accurately a machine that digs down and finds stuff, emotional stuff that will someday be raw material that can be used to produce more stuff, stuff like itself - clay to be available for future use.” UseUsedStuffCreativeProduceEmotionalMaterialsMachinesDown AndAvailableSomedayClayRaw MaterialsCreative Work Book:Bicycle Diaries Source: Bicycle Diaries
“I figure the world is basically a machine. I don't know who made it, if it was the Fates, or the gods, or the capital-G god or whatever. But it chugs along the way it's supposed to most of the time. Sure, little pieces break off and stuff goes haywire once in a while, but mostly... things happen for a reason.” IfsKnowsWorldWayLittlesMadeReasonHappensStuffBreakPiecesFateFiguresMachinesThings HappenMade ItHappens For A ReasonLeo ValdezHouse Of HadesBreak Off Author:Rick Riordan
“As devices multiply and usage changes, many users coming online today may never use a desktop machine, it becomes more and more important to ensure that people can access all of their stuff anywhere.” PeopleMayImportantUseTodayStuffTechnologyInternetMachinesAccessOnlineDevicesUsersGadgetsUsageDesktop Author:Larry Page
“This is a funny story. We'd asked the guards every day for cappuccino. You know, just as a joke. And they'd come in with their cups of coffee and stuff. And so I get here and I have a spot for a cappuccino machine, and it didn't work. So I don't have any cappuccino ... I didn't miss the cappuccino, I missed the idea of cappuccino.” KnowsIdeasStoriesStuffMissingJokesMachinesCoffeeSpotsCupsCoffee CupFunny StoryCappuccino Author:Martha Stewart
“If we are machines, then in principle at least, we should be able to build machines out of other stuff, which are just as alive as we are.” IfsShouldAbleStuffPrinciplesTechnologyAliveMachines Author:Rodney Brooks
“This was totally influenced by me and the direction that I am writing about and the stuff that I am writing about. There is just no way that you can be as intense as what I have been through in my life over a drum beat machine, sample, or loop; it's just not going to happen.” WayWritingHas BeensHappensStuffBeatsMachinesIntenseSampleLoopsDrum Beats Author:Vanilla Ice
“The celebrity-making machine-photographers, paparazzi, press and stuff like that-can be ruthless.” StuffMachinesPressesPhotographerRuthlessPaparazzi Author:Catherine Keener
“A minibar is a machine that makes everything expensive. When I take something out of the minibar, I always fathom that I'll go and replace it before they check it off, but they make that stuff impossible to replace. I go to the store and ask, 'Do you have coke in a glass harmonica ...Do you have individually wrapped cashews'” HumorFunnyAsksStuffImpossibleMachinesGlassesStoresChecksExpensiveCokeFathomHarmonicasCashews Author:Mitch Hedberg
“There's one little room in my house which is filled with all my clutter and bits and pieces. My sewing machine is up there, and all my knitting stuff. Its a place where I can go to relax and unwind. I don't get to spend a lot of time up there, but at least I know its there.” KnowsLittlesI CanHouseStuffBitsRoomsPiecesMachinesFilledRelaxClutterKnittingSewingBits And PiecesUnwind Author:Julia Roberts
“But there's so much kludge, so much terrible stuff, we are at the 1908 Hurley washing machine stage with the Internet. That's where we are. We don't get our hair caught in it, but that's the level of primitiveness of where we are. We're in 1908.” StuffLevelsStageHairInternetTerribleMachinesCaughtWashingWashing Machines Author:Jeff Bezos