Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs. Anton Chekhov
Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose. James Ellroy
They want liberalization! I'll give them liberalization. I'll loosen the screws until the Americans beg me to tighten them again. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi
They screwed with democracy. I'm not going to lose much sleep when democracy screws them back. Alastair Reynolds
After every revolution there is an interregnum, in which communities run themselves and all is well, and then the new regime comes in and screws things up. Kim Stanley Robinson
Free agency screws everybody's allegiances up. Whether it be football, baseball, hockey, basketball, whatever it may be. It's really hard. Bill Goldberg