Pastoral Resources

One of the things I particularly enjoyed doing was taking raw sound from locations during the film, like the candy machine, and writing pieces of music to go with them, which is totally unnecessary within the context of the film, because they have their own logic.

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.

Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine.

On the contrary, woman is the best equipped fighting machine that ever went to battle.

Our bodies are machines and have to be functional, and to do that they have to be fed properly.

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.

In front of us was not a line but a fortress position, twenty miles deep, entrenched and fortified, defended by masses of machine-gun posts and thousands of guns in a wide arc. No chance for cavalry!

The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine.

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers.

The United States has it's own propaganda, but it's very effective because people don't realize that it's propaganda. And it's subtle, but it's actually a much stronger propaganda machine than the Nazis had but it's funded in a different way.

Let the machine take care of the machines, and I'll go spend more time with my family, or golf.

Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.

The biggest challenge has been simulating a tornado with wind machines and dirt and debris. Right when you walk on the set, you feel the energy of a tornado. But the hardest thing is trying to get dialogue out in all of that.

The squeeze machine is not going to cure anybody, but it may help them relax; and a relaxed person will usually have better behavior.

In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good.

The guitar is a much more efficient machine than a computer. More responsive.

Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.

Traditional academic science describes human beings as highly developed animals and biological thinking machines. We appear to be Newtonian objects made of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, and organs.

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.