“Machines are worshipped beacuse they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power.” – Bertrand Russell

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke

“A machine is as distinctively and brillinatly and expressively human as a violin sonata or a Euclidean theorem.” – Gregory Vlastos

“However far modern science and [technology] have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson: Nothing is impossible.” – Lewis Mumford

“A new gadget that lasts only 5 minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone.” – Francis Picabia

“Old boys have their playthings ass well as young ones; the difference is only in price.” – Benjamin Franklin

“An extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife.” – Franklin P. Adams

As from Men’s Health, December 2003