Crank Quotes

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.

And Seinfeld is so quick: we crank out one show a week, and the hours are very reasonable.

I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.

Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case.

I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like sausages. Every book is different, which takes a hell of a lot of ingenuity on my part.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

When I was 15, my parents left town for a month. They hid the keys to the car, but I found them. That month, I drove my stepdad's Thunderbird Super Coupe into Manhattan every day, and I would crank Cypress Hill as I flew around the city, racing the taxis.

The wings are moved several times by hand to charge the crank chamber with mixture, which flows on through the external pipe and inlet valve to the compression space and cylinder.