The Internet, like the steam engine, is a technological breakthrough that changed the world. Votes: 6
Peter SingerScience owes more to the steam engine than the steam engine owes to science. Votes: 4
Lawrence Joseph HendersonFreedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine. Votes: 3
Arthur SchopenhauerEven the development of the steam engine owed but little to the advancement of science. Votes: 2
James Bryant ConantReading is a mighty engine, beside which steam and electricity sink into insignificance. Votes: 0
Melvil DeweyThe steam-engine I call fire-demon and great; but it is nothing to the invention of fire. Votes: 0
Thomas CarlyleFear is like the steam that fires the combustion engine. You need fear to get a performance going. Votes: 0
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