Steam Quotes

If the constitutional process is not brought to a successful conclusion before the European elections, then the whole process might run out of steam.

The switch from 'steam engines' to 'heat engines' signals the transition from engineering practice to theoretical science.

Instead of the scream of a fish hawk scaring the fishes, is heard the whistle of the steam-engine, arousing a country to its progress.

The first day at the power plant I found myself photographing some steam vents on the roof of the structure. And I remember consciously thinking that they were just like trees but they were metal.

A room full of words that are nearly the truth but not quite, each note fluttering off the steam of its rose like a broken butterfly wing.

A breath of steam trickles out, filled with the sobs of a grown woman breaking into girl-sized pieces.

I'm pretty good at indulging myself. I'm about to go travel for a week. I like to get massaged, go into steam rooms. I take care of myself.

Can you feel the steam heat coming from my undercarriage?

This is how memories are; what seems so clear and unforgettable at one moment vanishes like steam the next.

Nervous and excitable persons need to talk a great deal, by way of letting off their steam.

Letting off steam always produces more heat than light.

I let steam off by watching 'Downton Abbey.

When it comes to letting the world in on the secrets of his heart, he has about as much shrinking reticence as a steam calliope.

I dont ever wear makeup. I steam my face. I put hot water to open pores and cold water to close them.

Lie bills and calculations much perplexed, With steam-boats, frigates, and machinery quaint Traced over them in blue and yellow paint.

America is the noisiest country that ever existed. One is waked up in the morning, not by the singing of the nightingale, but by the steam whistle.

Man moves in all modes, by legs of horses, by wings of winds, by steam, by gas of balloon, by electricity, and stands on tiptoe threatening to hunt the eagle in his own element.

Life is the steam of the corporeal engine; the soul is the engineer who makes use of the steam-quickened engine.

I'm truly grateful for my microwave, which allows me to easily clarify butter, steam vegetables, and - when I am really lazy - feed my three kids in less than five minutes.

The area was encompassed in a bubble of warm, fragrant steam from the funnel cake deep fryers. It smelled like sweet vanilla cake batter you licked off a spoon.

I'm obsessed with cleanliness for myself, so I will take a bath three times a day, sometimes a steam twice a day in addition to that.

The steam-engine I call fire-demon and great; but it is nothing to the invention of fire.

The introduction of so powerful an agent as steam [to a carriage on wheels] will make a great change in the situation of man.

By means of steam one can go from California to Japan in eighteen days.

The rule, acknowledged or not, seems to be that if we have great power we must use it. We would use a steam shovel to pick up a dime. We have experts who can prove there is no other way to do it.

There are a lot of ideas I've had that I originally was quite taken with, but over time, I lost steam. They stay on my list, but between me and you, I'm probably never going to do them.

The steam engine has done much more for science than science has done for the steam engine.

I've always loved joining clubs--although, in truth, they're usually book clubs." ~Robecca Steam

There is a force more powerful than steam and electricity: the will.

Living on steam isn't easy.

When we feel we have benched ourselves for too long, we must loosen up the unessential, get over our endless cringing and make a bold leap to the glowing stars of our dream. ("Steaming ahead" )

Measurements is your saving grace if you want to raise steam.