The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.
No inanimate object is ever fully determined by the laws of physics and chemistry.
there's a natural depravity in inanimate things that's quite shocking, when you think of it.
A large, branching, aged oak is perhaps the most venerable of all inanimate objects.
I love the life of objects. When the children go to bed, the objects come to life. I like to tell stories about the life of inanimate objects.
Everything in your world is filled with intelligence, even the so-called inanimate objects. Treat them intelligently if you wish to obtain intelligent, harmonious results.
"Is Art worth dying for?" Well I don't know a single inanimate object that's worth dying for.
Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost. The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately to defeat him, and the three major classifications are based on the method each object uses to achieve its purpose. As a general rule, any object capable of breaking down at the moment when it is most needed will do so.
Inkstands and tea-cups are never as full as when one upsets them.
We are all victimized by the natural perversity of inanimate objects. . . and the assorted human beings who perpetuate and maintain this perversity.
It is when my umbrella turns inside out that I am convinced of the total depravity of inanimate things.
War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.
I find it ridiculous to assign a gender to an inanimate object incapable of disrobing and making an occasional fool of itself.
Thus it seemed to Haeckel that such simple life could easily be produced from inanimate material.
When sperm and egg unite, something goes from inanimate to animate. It is life.
Inanimate objects are harmless indeed, Mr. Mortmain. But one cannot always say the same of the men who use them.
A book which is left on a shelf is a dead thing but it is also a chrysalis, an inanimate object packed with the potential to burst into new life.
In Tantric Buddhism we call the inherent knowledge that all animate and inanimate objects possess of themselves - their emptiness.
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
I always design the hat with the wearer in mind; otherwise, it's an inanimate object.