A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
Mark Twain
And Seinfeld is so quick: we crank out one show a week, and the hours are very reasonable.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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.
Wilbur Wright
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.
Sue Grafton
If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.
William Dean Howells
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.
Lawrence Hargrave
Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case.
Helen Clark
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