“The whirling gears of progress have put the gear makers out of work.”
Brian Hayes (scientist) (1900) American scientist, columnist and author
Source: Group Theory in the Bedroom (2008), Chapter 7, On The Teeth Of Wheels, p. 139
“I witnessed the gruesome workings of the machinery of death; gear meshed with gear, like clockwork. It was the biggest and most enormous dance of death of all times.”
CBC report (2000)
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Jeremy Clarkson (1960) English broadcaster, journalist and writer
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 <br class="br">Top Gear
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Source: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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.”
Barbara Johnson (1947–2009) American literary critic
“The modern world is not geared properly to the storage of goods.”
Benjamin Graham (1894–1976) American investor
Source: World Commodities and World Currencies (1944), Chapter III, The Paradox of the Stockpile, p. 23
