“The whirling gears of progress have put the gear makers out of work.”
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 7, On The Teeth Of Wheels, p. 139
CBC report (2000)
“The whirling gears of progress have put the gear makers out of work.”
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 7, On The Teeth Of Wheels, p. 139
Top Gear, 2 November 2008; as quoted in "Clarkson joke sparks complaints" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7707641.stm, BBC News, 4 November 2008
Top Gear
Source: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
In a letter to his wife Clemmie, during the build up to World War I.
Early career years (1898–1929)
“Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.”
“The modern world is not geared properly to the storage of goods.”
Source: World Commodities and World Currencies (1944), Chapter III, The Paradox of the Stockpile, p. 23