Fidel Castro

Senator McCain is Israel's most unconditional ally in Mossad's machinations, something that even his worst adversaries would have been able to imagine. McCain participated alongside this secret service in the creation of the Islamic State, which has appropriated a considerable part of Iraq as well as a third of Syria, according to its affirmations.

Statesman

Mackenzie Davis

I'm really aware of the conversations that surround young actresses in Hollywood. I always get myself into a hole with these conversations, and I get weirdly quoted, and I sound militant and like I'm not thankful at all, and I'm so thankful of everything that's happening. But I'm an active observer of the machinations of this world.

Canadian Actress

Maxwell

I will say to all the fellas out there that, seriously, I am a setup. I'm just like rose petals. I'm like incense. I'm a background thing for you when you do your thing with your lady. I'm a friend, only assisting you in your lurve machinations. So have no fear of me, people.

American Musician

Steve Daines

I'm very proud that our country still produces people like my son, who choose the path less traveled; that knowingly step up to serve, even though our country is tearing itself apart with things like political machinations.

American Politician

Holly Hunter

I object to the actual phrase 'Follow me.' You've gotta be kidding! Why would I want to follow anybody else? Nor do I want them to follow me. The machinations of my life, the banalities - they're mine. They belong to me.

American Actress

Whitney Tilson

The deal machinations many companies put themselves through, while certainly a bonanza for investment bankers, can confound the typical investor.

American Businessman

John C. Bogle

As I have said before, the daily machinations of the stock market are like a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

J. D. Souther

I never fully understand all the drama and machinations within the Eagles.

Natalie Dormer

I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics.

English Actress

Benjamin Netanyahu

I'm not consumed with political machinations.

Israeli Leader

Machination implies harmful intentions, often with a sense of secrecy and intelligence.

Negative Connotation

Often used in contexts that involve drama, such as political thrillers or mysterious plots.

Drama and Intrigue

Suggests a complex, well-thought-out plan, not a simple or straightforward one.

Elaborate Plots

Used to describe systems or processes that are overly complicated and maybe inefficient.

Complex Systems

Often implies a negative view of the complex system being described.

Negative System

It's frequently used in academic writing to critically examine complex systems.

Academic Usage

This definition is old-fashioned and not commonly used in modern English.

Obsolete Meaning

When encountered, it's usually in technical or historical discussions about machinery.

Technical Contexts

Can give insight into how machinery was viewed or described in the past.

Historical Interpretation

 and how he should carry out revenge. This can make Hamlet more than a little exasperating, but it also makes him one of the most human characters Shakespeare ever created. Rather than rushing into things, Hamlet becomes consumed with the awful machinations of thinking itself.

Why should you read...

 I just went into thinking about this dream, and why and how. As I said, when I turned 60, it wasn't about that concrete "Can you do it?" That's the everyday machinations.