Mechanical Clocks

Famous quotes containing the words mechanical and/or clocks:

“The correct rate of speed in innovating changes in long-standing social customs has not yet been determined by even the most expert of the experts. Personally I am beginning to think there is more danger in lagging than in speeding up cultural change to keep pace with mechanical change.”
—Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)

“It was a bright, cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)