Mechanic Quotes

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Marissa Meyer
“I am not human.
I am a cyborg.
I am mechanic.
That's all I am... right?”
Marissa Meyer, Cinder

Raymond Carver
“I'm a heart surgeon, sure, but I'm just a mechanic. I go in and I fuck around and I fix things. Shit.”
Raymond Carver, Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories

Robert G. Ingersoll
“The mechanic, when a wheel refuses to turn, never thinks of dropping on his knees and asking the assistance of some divine power. He knows there is a reason. He knows that something is too large or too small; that there is something wrong with his machine; and he goes to work and he makes it larger or smaller, here or there, until the wheel will turn.”
Robert G. Ingersoll, The Liberty Of Man, Woman And Child

Marissa Meyer
“His eyes softened into something almost like amusement, as if such a ragged appearance was all one could expect from a renowned mechanic.”
Marissa Meyer, Cinder

Israelmore Ayivor
“If your trust is in man, your joy will soon be buried in the cemetery. If you hope is in cars, your happiness will soon be found in the mechanic shop. You are missing it if man is your hope.”
Israelmore Ayivor, Become a Better You

Roald Dahl
“A petrol engine is sheer magic,” he said to me once. “Just imagine being able to take a thousand different bits of metal . . . and if you fit them all together in a certain way . . . and then if you feed them a little oil and petrol . . . and if you press a little switch . . . suddenly those bits of metal will all come to life . . . and they will purr and hum and roar . . . they will make the wheels of a motor-car go whizzing round at fantastic speeds . . .”
Roald Dahl, Danny the Champion of the World

Vincent Okay Nwachukwu
“An elderly person who cannot see beneath the surface should donate his brain to a mechanic workshop for an experimental quick fix tutorial with apprentices.”
Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

“I fix the machine so that they could talk.”
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Alison Bliss
“Sidney, if you're even close to insinuating that you'd sleep with me in exchange for fixing your car, you're seriously going to piss me off."

Wait, what? She blinked at him in confusion, not understanding where the hell he'd gotten that cockamamie idea from. "Oh dear Lord, of course not. That's not at all what I was getting at." But she couldn't help giggling. If he thought having sex with him would be doing HIM a favor, he was seriously underestimating his skills in the bedroom.”
Alison Bliss, Meant to Be

Alison Bliss
“When he finally asked her out, she just smiled and said, "About damn time." And then another strange thing happened. Her car suddenly didn't have any more issues.

Guess mechanics and pool hustlers aren't the only ones who run cons.”
Alison Bliss, Meant to Be

Blake Jessop
“The pilot knew this about her mechanic; she would find Caydee sleeplessly working on the mech, because it was the only thing she could fix. She couldn't close wounds, or staunch blood, or light the sky or mend hearts, so she'd be working in a fever to get the mech back into working order. The Pilot wasn't sure where she learned all this, but she knew. She wanted to see it, and the reasons for that were harder to explain.”
Blake Jessop, Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die

“As a seasoned carpenter, plumber, and mechanic, Matthew McGowan has become a sought-after expert in the Omaha, NE area. In addition to his technical skills, he also possesses exceptional business management skills, which have enabled him to successfully run his own companies, Classic Contractors and Greenline Containers.”
Matthew Mcgowan Omaha NE