All Charles Babbage Quotes
- As soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will necessarily guide the future course of the science. Whenever any result is sought by its aid,… Aid
- Propose to an Englishman any principle, or any instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed… Admirable
- It is difficult to estimate the misery inflicted upon thousands of persons, and the absolute pecuniary penalty imposed upon multitudes of intellectual workers by the… Absolute
- Long intervals frequently elapse between the discovery of new principles in science and their practical application... Those intellectual qualifications, which give birth to new principles… Application
- The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country… Accumulate
- There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe. Calmness
- Mechanical Notation ... I look upon it as one of the most important additions I have made to human knowledge. It has placed the construction… Additions
- Trimming consists of clipping off little bits here and there from those observations which differ most in excess from the mean, and in sticking them… Adjustment
- Whenever the work is itself light, it becomes necessary, in order to economize time, to increase the velocity. Becomes
- That a country, [England], eminently distinguished for its mechanical and manufacturing ingenuity, should be indifferent to the progress of inquiries which form the highest departments… Attention
- 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… Age
- Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed. All
- A young man passes from our public schools to the universities, ignorant almost of the elements of every branch of useful knowledge. Branch
- The tastes and pursuits of manhood will bear on them the traces of the earlier impressions of our education. It is therefore not unreasonable to… Attributed
- For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles. Applying
- Precedents are treated by powerful minds as fetters with which to bind down the weak, as reasons with which to mistify the moderately informed, and… Bind
- The influence of electricity in producing decompositions, although of inestimable value as an instrument of discovery in chemical inquiries, can hardly be said to have… Applied
- What is there in a name? It is merely an empty basket, until you put something into it. Basket
- He will also find that the high and independent spirit, which usually dwells in the breast of those who are deeply versed in scientific pursuits,… Adapted
- The errors which arise from the absence of facts are far more numerous and more durable than those which result from unsound reasoning respecting true… Absence