Machine Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old machine quotes, machine sayings, and machine proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Machines are beneficial to the degree that they eliminate the need for labor, harmful to the degree that they eliminate the need for skill. W. H. Auden
There are many machines throughout history that were built to do something better than a human can. Mark Zuckerberg
Instead of the machine being a giant to which the man is the pygmy, we must at last reverse the proportions until man is a giant to whom the machine is the toy. Gilbert K. Chesterton
A machine is more blameless, more sinless even than any animal. It has no intentions whatsoever but our own. Ursula K. Le Guin
Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind. Frank Herbert
To know the machine one must know where each part belongs, and what its office is. Horace Mann
The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody. Ralph Waldo Emerson
We control the machine. At one point the machine controlled us. Karim Rashid
As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines. Joseph Wood Krutch
The machine is a tool. But it is not a neutral tool. We are deeply influenced by the machine while using it. Jacques Ellul
Machines certainly can solve problems, store information, correlate, and play games - but not with pleasure. Leo Rosten
The machine conceals the machinations. Ursula K. Le Guin
Machines will follow a path that mirrors the evolution of humans. Ultimately, however, self-aware, self-improving machines will evolve beyond humans' ability to control or even understand them. Ray Kurzweil
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men, but no machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. Croft M. Pentz
Machines are on track to be on par with human intelligence in less than 15 years. Judy Woodruff
In consequence of inventing machines, men will be devoured by them. Jules Verne
Remember, machines don't forgive. Joel Salatin
It's hard to guess how smart the machines are, but a good rule of thumb is that they're always smarter than you think. Daniel H. Wilson
The machine, yes, the machine, never wastes anybody's time never watches the foreman never talks back. Carl Sandburg