Washing Machines

Normal is a cycle

Normal is a cycle on a washing machine. Emmylou Harris

Often, when you see yourself on the screen, you feel like a sweater that’s been put through the washing machine. You have the impression of having done something full and luminous, and suddenly, when you see it on the screen, it’s turned back into a tiny little thing. Emmanuelle Beart

I was more ashamed

I was more ashamed that I couldn’t work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs. Elton John

The freedom of women

The freedom of women was achieved by two things: One, the Pill. Two… by labour-saving devices like the washing machine. By science, not feminism. Doris Lessing

Go to the bookstore

Go to the bookstore and look at how many bookshelves are filled with books trying to explain how to work the devices. We don’t see shelves of books on how to use television sets, telephones, refrigerators or washing machines. Why should we for computer-based applications? Donald A. Norman

Vacuuming is great. I

Vacuuming is great. I do the laundry. I love washing machines. I’m the maid in my house. Denis Leary

Sign at a Kentucky

Sign at a Kentucky appliance store: Don’t kill your wife. Let our washing machine do the dirty work. Dave Barry

It’s not nothing when

It’s not nothing when you’re abroad and you don’t have a washing machine. Darryl Pinckney

Humphrey Searle writes music

Humphrey Searle writes music that sounds like the theme from ‘Star Wars’ played backwards through a washing machine. Clive James

A successful argument for

A successful argument for a government manufacturing policy has to go beyond the feeling that it’s better to produce ‘real things’ than services. American consumers value health care and haircuts as much as washing machines and hair dryers. Christina Romer