Doctor Bud Calhoun Quotes in Player Piano
Paul sometimes wondered if he wouldn’t have been more content in another period of history, but the rightness of Bud’s being alive now was beyond question. Bud’s mentality was one that had been remarked upon as being peculiarly American since the nation had been born—the restless, erratic insight and imagination of a gadgeteer. This was the climax, or close to it, of generations of Bud Calhouns, with almost all of American industry integrated into one stupendous Rube Goldberg machine.
“Ah haven’t got a job any more,” said Bud. “Canned.”
Paul was amazed. “Really? What on earth for? Moral turpitude? What about the gadget you invented for—"
“Thet’s it,” said Bud with an eerie mixture of pride and remorse. “Works. Does a fine job.” He smiled sheepishly. “Does it a whole lot better than Ah did it.”
“It runs the whole operation?”
“Yup. Some gadget.”
“And so you’re out of a job.”
“Seventy-two of us are out of jobs,” said Bud.
Doctor Bud Calhoun Quotes in Player Piano
Paul sometimes wondered if he wouldn’t have been more content in another period of history, but the rightness of Bud’s being alive now was beyond question. Bud’s mentality was one that had been remarked upon as being peculiarly American since the nation had been born—the restless, erratic insight and imagination of a gadgeteer. This was the climax, or close to it, of generations of Bud Calhouns, with almost all of American industry integrated into one stupendous Rube Goldberg machine.
“Ah haven’t got a job any more,” said Bud. “Canned.”
Paul was amazed. “Really? What on earth for? Moral turpitude? What about the gadget you invented for—"
“Thet’s it,” said Bud with an eerie mixture of pride and remorse. “Works. Does a fine job.” He smiled sheepishly. “Does it a whole lot better than Ah did it.”
“It runs the whole operation?”
“Yup. Some gadget.”
“And so you’re out of a job.”
“Seventy-two of us are out of jobs,” said Bud.