contrivance quotes

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned† A man in a jail has moreroom, better food, and commonly bettercompany.

- Samuel known as Dr Johnson Johnson
  Remark,16 Mar. Quoted in  James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol.1.

Sexually,Woman is Nature's contrivance for perpetuating its highest achievement.

- George Bernard Shaw
  DonJuan to Ana. Man and Superman, act 3.

People ofthesametradeseldommeettogether, evenfor merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracyagainst the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

- Adam Smith
  An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of theWealth of Nations, bk.1, ch.10, pt.2.