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Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all. — Charles Babbage

For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles. — Charles Babbage

In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race. — Charles Babbage

A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power. — Charles Babbage

I don't know what he means, but there's something not clean about a man who sneers at everything. — Ethel Lilian Voynich

Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall. — Charles Babbage

An object is frequently not seen, from not knowing how to see it, rather than from any defect of the organ of vision. — Charles Babbage

Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity. — Charles Babbage

I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam, — Charles Babbage

Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken. — Jack Kerouac

Whenever the work is itself light, it becomes necessary, in order to economize time, to increase the velocity. — Charles Babbage

It seems love is the root of all pain and most of its fruit only leaves a bitter taste behind. — L.F. Falconer

What is there in a name? It is merely an empty basket, until you put something into it. — Charles Babbage

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions. — Charles Babbage

If we look at the fact, we shall find that the great inventions of the age are not, with us at least, always produced in universities. — Charles Babbage

I need a timeout do to deal with my timeout! that's how messed up I'm. — Kristen Ashley

My job is to play many different roles with all sorts of different backgrounds and orientations. — Josh Charles

The general image of a man in an American sitcom is like a complete moron. You'd think the industry was run by a feminist cabal. — Hanna Rosin

He's looking at her like she's the answer to some sort of riddle. — Jennifer E. Smith

The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures. — Charles Babbage

Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed. — Charles Babbage

I have no desire to write my own biography, as long as I have strength and means to do better work. — Charles Babbage

Yes, love is free; it can dwell in no other atmosphere. — Emma Goldman

At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged. — Charles Babbage

A young man passes from our public schools to the universities, ignorant almost of the elements of every branch of useful knowledge. — Charles Babbage