Quotes about washer

A collection of quotes on the topic of washer, dryer.

Dryer

Quotes about washer

“In Kilanga, people knew nothing of things they might have had - a Frigidaire? a washer-dryer combination? Really, they'd sooner imagine a tree that could pull up its feet and go bake bread. It didn't occur to them to feel sorry for themselves.”

Barbara Kingsolver (1955) American author, poet and essayist

People , Feeling , Imagination , Tree

“On game shows, some people will take the trip to France, but most people will take the washer and dryer pair.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters

Source: Invisible Monsters

People , Game

“The Sin Washer had died centuries ago, and His legacy seemed often to be in the accumulation of connections and power more than the distribution of emotional or spiritual ease. She kept that thought to herself. Wisdom came in many forms, and silence was often the most useful.”

Laura Anne Gilman book Flesh and Fire

Source: Flesh and Fire (2009), p. 96

Wisdom , Silence

“[Miele] really thought the process through. They did such a great job designing these washers and dryers. I got more thrill out of them than I have out of any piece of high tech in years.”

Steve Jobs (1955–2011) American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc.

On design excellence, in WIRED magazine (February 1996)
1990s

“They have been taught that if you are sunny, cheery, sincere, group-adjusted, popular, the world is yours, including barbecue pits, charge plates, diaper service, percale sheets, friends for dinner, washer-dryer combinations, color slides of the kiddies on the home projector, and eternal whimsical romance — with crinkly smiles and Rock Hudson dialogue. So they all come smiling and confident and unskilled into a technician’s world, and in a few years they learn that it is all going to be grinding and brutal and hateful and precarious. These are the slums of the heart.”

John D. MacDonald (1916–1986) writer from the United States

Travis McGee series, (1964)

Hate , World , Smile , Color