Mechanical Quotes

[The Newman/Haas team currently leading this year's championship chase believes that,] Assuming the CCWS ran the same aerodynamic package in 2007, the Surfers Paradise track remains the same and minor mechanical parts of the car were slightly changed to adapt to the new engine/chassis configuration... the 2007 cars would be 2.1 seconds quicker and 3.1mph faster on this course than they currently are. - Tom Smith

[Jim MacDonald, an interpretive ranger at Muir Woods who coordinates volunteers for the projects, says he has never sat through a session without hearing mechanical or human sounds.] The word quiet doesn't exist... There is no such thing as quiet. - Jim MacDonald

[As professionals, print buyers need to understand all aspects of the production process: mechanical as well as aesthetic. Because there is no formal accreditation program for buyers in academia, print buyers] need a group like Boston Print Buyers to publicize the print buying, provide education about new technologies, and garner respect for the print buying professional... Printing is all about creation. - Frank Romano

[Alongside the painstaking moments in the crevice are richly told tales of Ralston's prior adventures. After quitting his job as a mechanical engineer, he became an expert outdoorsman. The book finds him trekking along mountaintops, precipices and canyon floors around the world. Here, a bear stalks him; there, an avalanche buries him. He is always close to falling, being crushed or losing one appendage or another. The flashbacks provide relief from the intense pinned-arm drama, but also put Ralston's doomed Utah trip in perspective:] I wanted to show that I wasn't in over my head... This was something that was relatively low-exposure for me. - Aron Ralston

(Antique clocks) need servicing just like your automobile or anything else. They're mechanical, and about every 10 years you should have them cleaned. That's the way they last forever. - William Baldwin