Engines General Electric

Famous quotes containing the words engines, general and/or electric:

    “America is like one of those old-fashioned six-cylinder truck engines that can be missing two sparkplugs and have a broken flywheel and have a crankshaft that’s 5000 millimeters off fitting properly, and two bad ball-bearings, and still runs. We’re in that kind of situation. We can have substantial parts of the population committing suicide, and still run and look fairly good.”
    —Thomas McGuane (b. 1939)

    “What use Milton, a silly story
    Of our lost general parents,
    eaters of fruit?”
    —Gary Snyder (b. 1930)

    “Remember dancing in
    those electric shoes?
    Remember?
    Remember music
    and beware.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)