Quotes about Knobs

Human nature consists of knobs and of mechanisms for tuning the knobs, and both are invisible in their own way.

The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the crust of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside.