I became a control freak as a defense mechanism. The more control I had in my life, the less chance of being surprised, of getting hurt.

I love watches, the mechanism.

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

When the boys come, instead of buying Barbie dolls, all of a sudden you’re into trucks and remote controls, cars and tanks. You buy building blocks and build castles and locomotives. You get into knives and later take them shooting with pistols, shotguns, and rifles. All of which made me very happy.

The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics.

The results of science, in the form of mechanism, poison gas, and the yellow press, bid fair to lead to the total downfall of our civilization.